diff --git a/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot b/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
index 1c3d1a7d6..0828bdabe 100755
--- a/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
+++ b/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ echo "done"
 echo -n "setting up symlinks... "
 for file in $(cd /rom; find *  -type f; find *  -type l;)
 do {
-  [ "${file%/*}" = "usr/lib/ipkg/info" -o "${file%/*}" = "etc/config" ] && {
-    cp -f /rom/$file $file
-  } || {
-    ln -sf /rom/$file $file
-  }
+  case "${file%/*}" in
+    "usr/lib/ipkg/info"|"etc/config") cp -f /rom/$file $file;;
+    *) ln -sf /rom/$file $file;;
+  esac
 } done
 echo "done"