diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2da86517e..7028edb05 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           name: make html
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
-            rm -f build/failures/*
-            echo ${mapbox_token} > .mapbox_token
-            mkdir -p build/ipynb
-            cd build/ipynb && ln -s ../../.mapbox_token && cd ../..
+            echo ${mapbox_token} > python/.mapbox_token
             make -kj8 || make -kj8
             if [ "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" == "master" ]; then
               cd build/html
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff5cb1593..fa8e525dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ all: $(HTML_FILES) $(V3_REDIR_FILES) $(NEXT_REDIR_FILES)
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(IPYNB_FILES)
 
+$(IPYNB_DIR)/.mapbox_token: $(MD_DIR)/.mapbox_token
+	@mkdir -p $(IPYNB_DIR)
+	cd $(IPYNB_DIR) && ln -s ../../$<
+
+$(IPYNB_FILES): $(IPYNB_DIR)/.mapbox_token
+
 $(IPYNB_DIR)/%.ipynb: $(MD_DIR)/%.md
 	@mkdir -p $(IPYNB_DIR)
 	@echo "[jupytext]   $<"