diff --git a/tools/ssl-ios b/tools/ssl-ios
index b0a66b35..a503b389 100755
--- a/tools/ssl-ios
+++ b/tools/ssl-ios
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BUILD_TARGETS="ios64-xcrun iossimulator-xcrun"
 
 WORK_DIR=out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}-ios
 rm -rf $WORK_DIR
-cp -arf deps/openssl_src/ $WORK_DIR
+cp -af deps/openssl_src/ $WORK_DIR
 
 build_the_thing() {
     export PATH=$TOOLCHAIN/$TRIBLE/bin:$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$PATH