diff --git a/main/gawk/APKBUILD b/main/gawk/APKBUILD
index 34e9cdecafd..e86dafbf0bb 100644
--- a/main/gawk/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/gawk/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=gawk
 pkgver=4.0.0
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="GNU awk pattern-matching language"
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/gawk.html"
 arch="all"
diff --git a/main/gawk/gawk.post-deinstall b/main/gawk/gawk.post-deinstall
index 99b57c46353..3f80e67c493 100644
--- a/main/gawk/gawk.post-deinstall
+++ b/main/gawk/gawk.post-deinstall
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-busybox --install -s
+# we need update bb links immediatly since other install scripts might use
+# awk
+exec /bin/busybox --install -s