diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23b1f11c..7ad8e5d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         "c9.ide.language.html.diff": "#24f3608d26",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript": "#2b77bdb96a",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.immediate": "#0535804ada",
-        "c9.ide.language.javascript.eslint": "#bad12e2395",
+        "c9.ide.language.javascript.eslint": "#df7e424b54",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#ad1d9b1b3a",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.infer": "#8478e3c702",
         "c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer": "#875571f514",
diff --git a/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/loader.js b/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/loader.js
index 364aec35..c77a14d1 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/loader.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/loader.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
             }, function(err, packages) {
                 if (err && err.code === "EDISCONNECT") {
                     c9.once("connect", function() {
-                        loadPluginsFromDisk(callback);
+                        listAllPackages(callback);
                     });
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/updater-npm.js b/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/updater-npm.js
index 2f46dd23..50a41100 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/updater-npm.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.ide.plugins/updater-npm.js
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
             async.each(pkgs, function(pkg, done) {
                 npmExplorePath(pkg, function(err, pkgPath) {
                     if (err) return done(err);
-                    fsForceLink(pkgPath, done);
+                    fsLink(pkgPath, done);
                 });
             }, callback);
         }
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
          * @param {String} pkgPath  Path to the source package folder
          */
         function fsLink(pkgPath, callback) {
-            debug("ls", { args: [ "-s", "-f", pkgPath, [ managedPluginsPath, "." ].join("/") ]});
+            debug("ln", { args: [ "-s", "-f", pkgPath, [ managedPluginsPath, "." ].join("/") ]});
 
             proc.execFile("ln", {
                 args: [
                     "-s", "-f",
                     pkgPath,
-                    [ managedPluginsPath, "." ].join("/"),
+                    managedPluginsPath + "/.",
                 ],
             }, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
                 debug([err, stdout, stderr]);
@@ -309,31 +309,6 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
             });
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Forcefully delete an existing plugin folder and change it to
-         * a symbolic link in `~/.c9/plugins` pointing to the given plugin
-         * path.
-         *
-         * @param {String} pkgPath  Path to the source package folder
-         */
-        function fsForceLink(pkgPath, callback) {
-            var basename = path.basename(pkgPath);
-
-            proc.execFile("rm", {
-                args: [
-                    "-rf", basename,
-                ],
-                cwd: managedPluginsPath,
-            }, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
-                debug([err, stdout, stderr]);
-
-                if (err)
-                    return callback(err, stdout, stderr);
-
-                fsLink(pkgPath, callback);
-            });
-        }
-
         function fsMkdirs(dirPaths, callback) {
             debug("mkdir", { args: [ "-p", "--" ].concat(dirPaths) });