diff --git a/download_deps.py b/download_deps.py
index 6c0c6d5b..36d83e60 100644
--- a/download_deps.py
+++ b/download_deps.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos = [
 def download_model(repo_id):
     local_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join("huggingface.co", repo_id))
     os.makedirs(local_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    snapshot_download(repo_id=repo_id, local_dir=local_dir)
+    snapshot_download(repo_id=repo_id, local_dir=local_dir, local_dir_use_symlinks=False)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":