diff --git a/src/Layout/redist/targets/OverlaySdkOnLKG.targets b/src/Layout/redist/targets/OverlaySdkOnLKG.targets
index 19505de69d50..faf995466d4f 100644
--- a/src/Layout/redist/targets/OverlaySdkOnLKG.targets
+++ b/src/Layout/redist/targets/OverlaySdkOnLKG.targets
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <Copy DestinationFiles="@(InstallerOutputFile)"
           SourceFiles="@(InstallerOutputFile->Metadata('Source'))"
           SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
-          UseHardLinksIfPossible="true" />
+          UseHardLinksIfPossible="false" />
 
     <OverrideAndCreateBundledNETCoreAppPackageVersion
       Stage0BundledVersionsPath="$(_DotNetHiveRoot)/sdk/$(Stage0SdkVersion)/Microsoft.NETCoreSdk.BundledVersions.props"