diff --git a/configs/releng/airootfs/etc/localtime b/configs/releng/airootfs/etc/localtime
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..0e35b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/releng/airootfs/etc/localtime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/releng/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh b/configs/releng/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
index 10fc477..7c79023 100755
--- a/configs/releng/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
+++ b/configs/releng/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ set -e -u
 sed -i 's/#\(en_US\.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen
 locale-gen
 
-ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
-
 usermod -s /usr/bin/zsh root
 cp -aT /etc/skel/ /root/
 chmod 700 /root