diff --git a/devel/upload.in b/devel/upload.in
index 38588914e8c01a4eafe35f0576b2b87ccf36a57a..733befa338d9e9d7c50a9340297fbeab602cb942 100644
--- a/devel/upload.in
+++ b/devel/upload.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo ---
 # and now put it under $prefix on the target node(s)
 for host; do
   echo Uploading code to ${host}...
-  rsync -v -rplDc --exclude="*.py[oc]" --exclude="*.pdf" --exclude="*.html" \
+  rsync -v -rlDc --exclude="*.py[oc]" --exclude="*.pdf" --exclude="*.html" \
     "$TXD/" \
     root@${host}:/ &
 done