diff --git a/knip.ts b/knip.ts
index ddd68b6a97..b1696765b7 100644
--- a/knip.ts
+++ b/knip.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ export default {
         // would with a normal library).
         "@types/content-type",
         "@types/sdp-transform",
+
+        // Used in EW but failed because of "link:"
+        "@element-hq/web-shared-components",
     ],
     ignoreBinaries: [
         // Used in scripts & workflows
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38bf708029..e646b7145f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
         "coverage": "yarn test --coverage",
         "analyse:webpack-bundles": "webpack-bundle-analyzer webpack-stats.json webapp",
         "update:jitsi": "curl -s https://meet.element.io/libs/external_api.min.js > ./res/jitsi_external_api.min.js",
+        "install": "yarn --cwd packages/shared-components install --frozen-lockfile",
         "postinstall": "patch-package"
     },
     "resolutions": {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
         "@element-hq/element-web-module-api": "1.5.0",
-        "@element-hq/web-shared-components": "file:packages/shared-components",
+        "@element-hq/web-shared-components": "link:packages/shared-components",
         "@fontsource/inconsolata": "^5",
         "@fontsource/inter": "^5",
         "@formatjs/intl-segmenter": "^11.5.7",
diff --git a/scripts/docker-package.sh b/scripts/docker-package.sh
index 29b9c4e75e..61f89c6c83 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-package.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-package.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,4 @@ fi
 
 DIST_VERSION=$("$DIR"/normalize-version.sh "$DIST_VERSION")
 
-yarn --cwd packages/shared-components install
-yarn --cwd packages/shared-components link
-
-yarn link @element-hq/web-shared-components
-
 VERSION=$DIST_VERSION yarn build
diff --git a/scripts/layered.sh b/scripts/layered.sh
index 0efdd7d226..3da209812d 100755
--- a/scripts/layered.sh
+++ b/scripts/layered.sh
@@ -44,11 +44,3 @@ fi
 yarn link matrix-js-sdk
 [ -d matrix-analytics-events ] && yarn link @matrix-org/analytics-events
 yarn install --frozen-lockfile $@
-
-# Link shared components
-pushd packages/shared-components
-yarn link
-yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-popd
-
-yarn link @element-hq/web-shared-components
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 20e11c7b12..1fcd6c88f2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1598,16 +1598,9 @@
     testcontainers "^11.0.0"
     yaml "^2.7.0"
 
-"@element-hq/web-shared-components@file:packages/shared-components":
-  version "0.0.0-test.7"
-  dependencies:
-    classnames "^2.5.1"
-    counterpart "^0.18.6"
-    lodash "^4.17.21"
-    matrix-web-i18n "^3.4.0"
-    patch-package "^8.0.1"
-    react-merge-refs "^3.0.2"
-    temporal-polyfill "^0.3.0"
+"@element-hq/web-shared-components@link:packages/shared-components":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
 
 "@emnapi/core@^1.5.0":
   version "1.5.0"