diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/scripts/deploy_data.sh b/.gitlab/ci/scripts/deploy_data.sh
index bae72c39c586fc49f989ab05740bb5fff0b6ca49..7b06cf8cdba66112036fe240b00625083cbc708d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/scripts/deploy_data.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/scripts/deploy_data.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ for file in packaged_data/*; do
     gzip ${file}
     mv ${file}.gz ${file}
 done
-rsync -av packaged_data/ kitware@web.kitware.com:/data/
+rsync -av --no-links packaged_data/ kitware@web.kitware.com:/data/