diff --git a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
index ba4ee6e3a6e2775ee85fb354804c2f216a8cd7ba..6e4665a7cb3a5ddeecdcfc4829d3ed2f99e6bf20 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ collect_results:backgrounds:
     - "bench:backgrounds_emcal_backwards"
   script:
     - ls -lrht
+    - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output backgrounds_ecal_backwards
diff --git a/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
index 49d004433477ca7180bcf991a08b5b4769f94412..261cd9558c6a56351747ab1c30e2dab6fc1fd976 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ collect_results:backwards_ecal:
     - "bench:backwards_ecal"
   script:
     - ls -lrht
+    - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output backwards_ecal
diff --git a/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml b/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
index 13adbdf4a9bc12fadb7d96de59cc4471baa5920f..dcfdfa89571f19b2425d59dd769b4a840c954be6 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ collect_results:ecal_gaps:
     - "bench:ecal_gaps"
   script:
     - ls -lrht
+    - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output ecal_gaps
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
index 13bfd47009f3fd4cf15556e64931abdff633f3f2..4f14bc459dd973fd713f1b904014934f6e218d76 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ collect_results:tracking_performance_campaigns:
     - "bench:tracking_performance_campaigns"
   script:
     - ls -lrht
+    - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output tracking_performance_campaigns
diff --git a/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml b/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
index 38ca7bfb441861171577dd49075b727e2e5f12ee..29957d33e6006a05b06e13fa8eaa08be66432f6d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ collect_results:zdc_lyso:
     - "sim:zdc_lyso"
   script:
     - ls -lrht
+    - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output zdc_lyso_local