diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 941312f..2867037 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -707,8 +707,10 @@ run_build_hook() {
     # check for deprecation
     if [[ -L $script ]]; then
         realscript=$(readlink -e "$script")
-        warning "Hook '%s' is deprecated. Replace it with '%s' in your config" \
-            "${script##*/}" "${realscript##*/}"
+        if [[ "${script##*/}" != "${realscript##*/}" ]]; then
+            warning "Hook '%s' is deprecated. Replace it with '%s' in your config" \
+                "${script##*/}" "${realscript##*/}"
+        fi
         script=$realscript
     fi
 
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index ad96a4f..f1b06df 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ hook_help() {
 
     if [[ -L $script ]]; then
         resolved=$(readlink -e "$script")
-        msg "This hook is deprecated. See the '%s' hook" "${resolved##*/}"
-        return 0
+        resolved=${resolved##*/}
+        if [[ "$resolved" != "${script##*/}" ]]; then
+            msg "This hook is deprecated. See the '%s' hook" "$resolved"
+            return 0
+        fi
     fi
 
     . "$script"
@@ -165,13 +168,15 @@ hook_list() {
 
                 resolved=${resolved##*/}
 
-                if ! index_of "$resolved" "${depr[@]}"; then
-                    # deprecated hook
-                    depr+=("$resolved")
-                    _idx=$(( ${#depr[*]} - 1 ))
-                fi
+                if [[ "$resolved" != "${hook##*/}" ]]; then
+                    if ! index_of "$resolved" "${depr[@]}"; then
+                        # deprecated hook
+                        depr+=("$resolved")
+                        _idx=$(( ${#depr[*]} - 1 ))
+                    fi
 
-                hook+=${ss_ordinals[_idx]}
+                    hook+=${ss_ordinals[_idx]}
+                fi
             fi
 
             hooklist+=("${hook##*/}")