diff --git a/externals/Makefile b/externals/Makefile
index 5e67a92a1a6bcff31bacf1904c019d943c0d47f6..10554ccf40393787e26415eb1e2e07591685f8a4 100644
--- a/externals/Makefile
+++ b/externals/Makefile
@@ -1834,26 +1834,26 @@ zexy_install: zexy
 # add missing aliases
 # can't do these on Windows because FAT, NTFS don't support these chars in filenames
 # on Windows, these are faked in by loading them as libs
-ifneq ($(OS_NAME),windows)
-	test -e $(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/..$(EXTENSION) || \
-		ln -s 0x2e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/..$(EXTENSION)
-	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/&&~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
-		ln -s 0x260x260x7e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/&&~.$(EXTENSION)'
-	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/<~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
-		ln -s 0x3c0x7e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/<~.$(EXTENSION)'
-	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/==~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
-		ln -s 0x3d0x3d0x7e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/==~.$(EXTENSION)'
-	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/>~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
-		ln -s 0x3e0x7e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/>~.$(EXTENSION)'
-	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/||~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
-		ln -s 0x7c0x7c0x7e.$(EXTENSION) \
-			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/||~.$(EXTENSION)'
-endif
+#ifneq ($(OS_NAME),windows)
+#	test -e $(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/..$(EXTENSION) || \
+#		ln -s 0x2e.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/..$(EXTENSION)
+#	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/&&~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
+#		ln -s 0x260x26_tilde.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/&&~.$(EXTENSION)'
+#	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/<~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
+#		ln -s 0x3c_tilde.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/<~.$(EXTENSION)'
+#	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/==~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
+#		ln -s 0x3d0x3d_tilde.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/==~.$(EXTENSION)'
+#	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/>~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
+#		ln -s 0x3e_tilde.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/>~.$(EXTENSION)'
+#	test -e '$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/||~.$(EXTENSION)' || \
+#		ln -s 0x7c0x7c_tilde.$(EXTENSION) \
+#			'$(DESTDIR)$(objectsdir)/$(ZEXY_NAME)/||~.$(EXTENSION)'
+#endif
 
 zexy_clean:
 	cd $(externals_src)/zexy && ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/externals/zexy/src/0x7c0x7c_tilde.c b/externals/zexy/src/0x7c0x7c_tilde.c
index 58376d4340170062141e369081f84e8c44dd894d..9b43d73066187c44c940b98bc35ea1284f1ea080 100644
--- a/externals/zexy/src/0x7c0x7c_tilde.c
+++ b/externals/zexy/src/0x7c0x7c_tilde.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static void oror_tilde_help(t_object*x)
   post("\n"HEARTSYMBOL " &&~\t\t:: logical OR operation on 2 signals");
 }
 
-void setup_0x7c0x7c0x7e(void)
+void setup_0x7c0x7c_tilde(void)
 {
   oror_tilde_class = class_new(gensym("||~"), (t_newmethod)oror_tilde_new, 0,
                                sizeof(t_oror_tilde), 0, A_GIMME, 0);