diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 44bb617..5367d32 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 load("@bazel_gazelle//:def.bzl", "gazelle")
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "nogo")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_path", "nogo")
 
 # gazelle:prefix git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git
 # gazelle:exclude core/generated
@@ -55,3 +55,12 @@
         "@org_golang_x_tools//go/analysis/passes/unusedresult:go_tool_library",
     ],
 )
+
+# Synthesize a fake GOPATH in bazel-bin/gopath for IDEs without Bazel support
+go_path(
+    name = "gopath",
+    mode = "link",
+    deps = [
+        "//core/cmd/init",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/scripts/bazel_copy_generated_for_ide.sh b/scripts/bazel_copy_generated_for_ide.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e1d96e1..0000000
--- a/scripts/bazel_copy_generated_for_ide.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copy generated Go protobuf libraries to a place where a non-Bazel-aware IDE can find them.
-# Locally, a symlink will be sufficient.
-
-mkdir -p core/generated
-rsync -av --delete --exclude '*.a' bazel-bin/core/api/*/linux_amd64_stripped/*/git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git/core/generated/* core/generated/
diff --git a/scripts/gazelle.sh b/scripts/gazelle.sh
index d6e7cee..970f6ba 100755
--- a/scripts/gazelle.sh
+++ b/scripts/gazelle.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # gazelle.sh regenerates BUILD.bazel files for Go source files.
 set -euo pipefail
 
+scripts/symlink_generated_files.sh
+
 bazel run //:go mod tidy
 bazel run //:gazelle -- update
 bazel run //:gazelle -- update-repos -from_file=go.mod -to_macro=repositories.bzl%go_repositories -prune=true
diff --git a/scripts/symlink_generated_files.sh b/scripts/symlink_generated_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5596efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/symlink_generated_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+create_symlinks() {
+  local package=$1
+
+  rm -rf "$package"
+  ln -r -s "bazel-bin/gopath/src/git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git/$package" "$package"
+}
+
+create_symlinks core/generated