diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbdd817e5..9180d6fb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -104,4 +104,5 @@ node_modules
 debug.lua
 
 # node-osrm artifacts
-lib/binding_napi_v8
+lib/binding
+
diff --git a/lib/binding b/lib/binding
deleted file mode 120000
index 3f0e951ca..000000000
--- a/lib/binding
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-lib/binding_napi_v8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/binding_napi_v8/.gitkeep b/lib/binding/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/binding_napi_v8/.gitkeep
rename to lib/binding/.gitkeep
diff --git a/lib/binding_napi_v8 b/lib/binding_napi_v8
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..32bc84fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/binding_napi_v8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+binding
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
index 485752e53..85ee29ecf 100644
--- a/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ message(STATUS "Building node_osrm")
 set(NAPI_VERSION 8)
 add_definitions(-DNAPI_VERSION=${NAPI_VERSION})
 
-set(BINDING_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/binding_napi_v${NAPI_VERSION}")
+set(BINDING_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/binding")
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/node_modules/node-cmake")