diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
index d1e5fbab..e28b0cce 100644
--- a/WHENCE
+++ b/WHENCE
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ File: rt3090.bin
 
 Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ralink-firmware.txt for details
 
-Found in hex form in kernel source.
+This is a link to rt2860.bin for compatibility.
 
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diff --git a/rt3090.bin b/rt3090.bin
deleted file mode 100644
index d8f0925f..00000000
Binary files a/rt3090.bin and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/rt3090.bin b/rt3090.bin
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..c5a9ab01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rt3090.bin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rt2860.bin
\ No newline at end of file