diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b45b684..0437bf57 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ autom4te.cache/
 ChangeLog
 config_ac.h
 config_ac-h.in
-config.c
 config.guess
 config.log
 config.status
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 1fae2a0e..49aeefef 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ touch NEWS
 touch AUTHORS
 touch README
 touch ChangeLog
-ln -s ../config.c $PWD/sesman/tools/config.c
 autoreconf -fvi
diff --git a/sesman/tools/config.c b/sesman/tools/config.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f1399cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sesman/tools/config.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "../config.c"