diff --git a/Sources/Swiftly/Install.swift b/Sources/Swiftly/Install.swift
index f59e9f69..057b9e99 100644
--- a/Sources/Swiftly/Install.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swiftly/Install.swift
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct Install: SwiftlyCommand {
 
             for bin in swiftlyBinDirContents {
                 do {
-                    let linkTarget = try await fs.readlink(atPath: swiftlyBinDir / bin)
+                    let linkTarget = try await fs.readlink(atPath: swiftlyBinDir / bin, follow: false)
                     if linkTarget == proxyTo {
                         existingProxies.append(bin)
                     }
diff --git a/Sources/Swiftly/SelfUninstall.swift b/Sources/Swiftly/SelfUninstall.swift
index cc4417af..efc4d670 100644
--- a/Sources/Swiftly/SelfUninstall.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swiftly/SelfUninstall.swift
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct SelfUninstall: SwiftlyCommand {
                 let fullPath = swiftlyBin / entry
                 guard try await fs.exists(atPath: fullPath) else { continue }
                 if try await fs.isSymLink(atPath: fullPath) {
-                    let dest = try await fs.readlink(atPath: fullPath)
+                    let dest = try await fs.readlink(atPath: fullPath, follow: false)
                     if dest == swiftlyBinary {
                         if verbose {
                             await ctx.print("Removing symlink: \(fullPath) -> \(dest)")
diff --git a/Sources/Swiftly/Unlink.swift b/Sources/Swiftly/Unlink.swift
index 02d820ca..472948c9 100644
--- a/Sources/Swiftly/Unlink.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swiftly/Unlink.swift
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct Unlink: SwiftlyCommand {
             let swiftlyBinDirContents = (try? await fs.ls(atPath: swiftlyBinDir)) ?? [String]()
             var proxies = [String]()
             for file in swiftlyBinDirContents {
-                let linkTarget = try? await fs.readlink(atPath: swiftlyBinDir / file)
+                let linkTarget = try? await fs.readlink(atPath: swiftlyBinDir / file, follow: true)
                 if linkTarget == proxyTo {
                     proxies.append(file)
                 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ extension SwiftlyCommand {
             }
 
             let potentialProxyPath = swiftlyBinDir / file
-            if let linkTarget = try? await fs.readlink(atPath: potentialProxyPath), linkTarget == proxyTo {
+            if let linkTarget = try? await fs.readlink(atPath: potentialProxyPath, follow: true), linkTarget == proxyTo {
                 return true
             }
         }
diff --git a/Sources/Swiftly/Use.swift b/Sources/Swiftly/Use.swift
index 1462c974..332b9c66 100644
--- a/Sources/Swiftly/Use.swift
+++ b/Sources/Swiftly/Use.swift
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ struct Use: SwiftlyCommand {
 
         var config = try await Config.load(ctx)
 
-        try await validateLinked(ctx)
+        // Only validate linked state if we're not printing the location
+        if !self.printLocation {
+            try await validateLinked(ctx)
+        }
 
         // This is the bare use command where we print the selected toolchain version (or the path to it)
         guard let toolchain = self.toolchain else {
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftlyCore/FileManager+FilePath.swift b/Sources/SwiftlyCore/FileManager+FilePath.swift
index 56a03d06..9a1421e1 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftlyCore/FileManager+FilePath.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftlyCore/FileManager+FilePath.swift
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ public enum FileSystem {
         try FileManager.default.contentsOfDir(atPath: atPath)
     }
 
-    public static func readlink(atPath: FilePath) async throws -> FilePath {
-        try FileManager.default.destinationOfSymbolicLink(atPath: atPath)
+    public static func readlink(atPath: FilePath, follow: Bool) async throws -> FilePath {
+        let path = try FileManager.default.destinationOfSymbolicLink(atPath: atPath)
+        if follow {
+            return FilePath(URL(fileURLWithPath: path.string).resolvingSymlinksInPath().path)
+        } else {
+            return path
+        }
     }
 
     public static func isSymLink(atPath: FilePath) async throws -> Bool {