diff --git a/src/api/install.ts b/src/api/install.ts
index 16046a77fa2..37900cc4442 100644
--- a/src/api/install.ts
+++ b/src/api/install.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import RegClient = require('npm-registry-client')
 import logger from 'pnpm-logger'
 import pLimit = require('p-limit')
 import npa = require('npm-package-arg')
-import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 import pFilter = require('p-filter')
 import isInnerLink from '../isInnerLink'
 import {PnpmOptions, StrictPnpmOptions, Dependencies} from '../types'
diff --git a/src/link/index.ts b/src/link/index.ts
index f8ae78ffc1d..8cb43f6cac4 100644
--- a/src/link/index.ts
+++ b/src/link/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {InstalledPackage} from '../install/installMultiple'
 import {InstalledPackages} from '../api/install'
 import linkBins from './linkBins'
 import {Package} from '../types'
-import linkPeers from './linkPeers'
+import resolvePeers from './resolvePeers'
 
 export type LinkedPackage = {
   id: string,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default async function (
     baseNodeModules: string,
   }
 ): Promise<LinkedPackagesMap> {
-  const pkgsToLink = R.values(installedPkgs)
+  const pkgsToLink = await resolvePeers(R.values(installedPkgs)
     .filter(installedPkg => installedPkg.isInstallable)
     .reduce((pkgsToLink, installedPkg) => {
       const modules = path.join(opts.baseNodeModules, `.${installedPkg.id}`, 'node_modules')
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default async function (
         dependencies: installedPkg.dependencies,
       }
       return pkgsToLink
-    }, {})
+    }, {}))
 
   for (let id of R.keys(pkgsToLink)) {
     await linkPkg(pkgsToLink[id], opts)
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ export default async function (
   const binPath = opts.global ? globalBinPath() : path.join(opts.baseNodeModules, '.bin')
   await linkBins(opts.baseNodeModules, binPath)
 
-  await linkPeers(<LinkedPackage[]>R.values(pkgsToLink))
-
   return pkgsToLink
 }
 
diff --git a/src/link/linkPeers.ts b/src/link/resolvePeers.ts
similarity index 52%
rename from src/link/linkPeers.ts
rename to src/link/resolvePeers.ts
index ffa4457c0d8..85ab47a060c 100644
--- a/src/link/linkPeers.ts
+++ b/src/link/resolvePeers.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,39 @@
-import mkdirp = require('mkdirp-promise')
-import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 import path = require('path')
 import semver = require('semver')
-import {InstalledPackages} from '../api/install'
-import {Package} from '../types'
-import {LinkedPackage} from '.'
+import {LinkedPackagesMap} from '.'
 import logger from 'pnpm-logger'
-
-type Dict<T> = {
-  [index: string]: T
-}
+import R = require('ramda')
 
 type PackageVersions = {
-  [version: string]: LinkedPackage
+  [version: string]: string
 }
 
 type InstalledPackageVersions = {
   [pkgName: string]: PackageVersions
 }
 
-export default async function linkPeers (pkgs: LinkedPackage[]) {
-  if (!pkgs) return
-
+export default async function linkPeers (pkgs: LinkedPackagesMap): Promise<LinkedPackagesMap> {
   const groupedPkgs: InstalledPackageVersions = {}
 
-  pkgs.forEach(pkgData => {
+  R.values(pkgs).forEach(pkgData => {
     if (!pkgData.pkg.version) return
 
     const pkgName = pkgData.pkg.name
     groupedPkgs[pkgName] = groupedPkgs[pkgName] || {}
-    groupedPkgs[pkgName][pkgData.pkg.version] = pkgData
+    groupedPkgs[pkgName][pkgData.pkg.version] = pkgData.id
   })
 
-  return Promise.all(pkgs.map(pkgData => {
+  await Promise.all(R.values(pkgs).map(async pkgData => {
     const peerDependencies = pkgData.pkg.peerDependencies || {}
-    return Promise.all(Object.keys(peerDependencies).map(peerName => {
+    await Promise.all(Object.keys(peerDependencies).map(async peerName => {
       const version = semver.maxSatisfying(Object.keys(groupedPkgs[peerName] || {}), peerDependencies[peerName], true)
       if (!version) {
         logger.warn(`${pkgData.id} requires a peer of ${peerName}@${peerDependencies[peerName]} but none was installed.`)
         return
       }
-      return symlinkDir(
-        groupedPkgs[peerName][version].hardlinkedLocation,
-        path.join(pkgData.modules, peerName)
-      )
+      pkgData.dependencies.push(groupedPkgs[peerName][version])
     }))
   }))
+
+  return pkgs
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 151ac3769d3..06b7e6317c0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "src/isInnerLink.ts",
     "src/link/index.ts",
     "src/link/linkBins.ts",
-    "src/link/linkPeers.ts",
+    "src/link/resolvePeers.ts",
     "src/logging/fileLogger.ts",
     "src/logging/logInstallStatus.ts",
     "src/logging/streamParser.ts",