diff --git a/tools/commands-packages.js b/tools/commands-packages.js
index 118f34bdb3..31e980d329 100644
--- a/tools/commands-packages.js
+++ b/tools/commands-packages.js
@@ -2143,12 +2143,11 @@ main.registerCommand({
     var toolRecord = _.findWhere(toolIsopack.toolsOnDisk, {arch: osArch});
     if (!toolRecord)
       throw Error("missing tool for " + osArch);
-    files.symlink(
-      files.pathJoin(
+
+    tmpTropo.linkToLatestMeteor(files.pathJoin(
         tmpTropo.packagePath(toolPackage, toolVersion, true),
         toolRecord.path,
-        'meteor'),
-      files.pathJoin(tmpTropo.root, 'meteor'));
+        'meteor'));
 
     files.createTarball(
       tmpTropo.root,
diff --git a/tools/tropohouse.js b/tools/tropohouse.js
index 48c472d927..c4ea8bfe9f 100644
--- a/tools/tropohouse.js
+++ b/tools/tropohouse.js
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ _.extend(exports.Tropohouse.prototype, {
     return files.readlink(linkPath);
   },
 
-  replaceLatestMeteorSymlink: function (linkText) {
+  linkToLatestMeteor: function (scriptLocation) {
     var self = this;
     var linkPath = files.pathJoin(self.root, 'meteor');
-    files.symlinkOverSync(linkText, linkPath);
+    files.symlinkOverSync(scriptLocation, linkPath);
   }
 });
diff --git a/tools/updater.js b/tools/updater.js
index a861ab2528..5e33da0ead 100644
--- a/tools/updater.js
+++ b/tools/updater.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ var updateMeteorToolSymlink = function () {
     if (!toolRecord)
       throw Error("latest release has no tool?");
 
-    tropohouse.default.replaceLatestMeteorSymlink(
-      files.pathJoin(relativeToolPath, toolRecord.path, 'meteor'));
+    tropohouse.default.linkToLatestMeteor(files.pathJoin(
+      relativeToolPath, toolRecord.path, 'meteor'));
   }
 };