Revert "Merge pull request #3935 from cdr/jsjoeio-rm-symlink"

This reverts commit 50494472250cbfeb483aa2a4440efe408a30f190, reversing changes
made to 741b834b640be0103cd86e76bac7ce4ea5bb2572.

We still need the symlink for the standlone packages which means we need to redo
how the symlink is removed, ensuring it's only removed in the npm package.