diff --git a/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER b/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
index fadcce529d..d4eb58039e 100644
--- a/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
+++ b/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-1680
-Changed: lushnikov@chromium.org Tue Jul 12 00:36:09 MSK 2022
+1681
+Changed: lushnikov@chromium.org Tue Jul 12 14:07:22 MSK 2022
diff --git a/browser_patches/webkit/archive.sh b/browser_patches/webkit/archive.sh
index 4d9183f07a..f7be8ab94c 100755
--- a/browser_patches/webkit/archive.sh
+++ b/browser_patches/webkit/archive.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ if ! [[ -d $(dirname "$ZIP_PATH") ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-IS_UNIVERSAL=""
+IS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD=""
 if [[ $2 == "--universal" ]]; then
-  IS_UNIVERSAL=1
+  IS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD=1
 fi
 
 main() {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ createZipForLinux() {
 
   # Generate and unpack MiniBrowser bundles for each port
   for port in gtk wpe; do
-    if [[ -n "${IS_UNIVERSAL}" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "${IS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD}" ]]; then
       Tools/Scripts/generate-bundle \
           --syslibs=bundle-all \
           --bundle=MiniBrowser --release \
@@ -85,16 +85,14 @@ createZipForLinux() {
 
   cd "$tmpdir"
 
-  # De-duplicate common files: convert to relative symlinks identical files (same hash).
-  # Note: ubuntu 18.04 does not support "deterministic" argument.
-  local CURRENT_HOST_OS="$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $NAME')"
-  local CURRENT_HOST_OS_VERSION="$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_ID')"
-  if [[ "${CURRENT_HOST_OS}" == "Ubuntu" && "${CURRENT_HOST_OS_VERSION}" == "18.04" ]]; then
-    rdfind -makesymlinks true -makehardlinks false -makeresultsfile false .
-  else
+  if [[ -n "${IS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD}" ]]; then
+    # De-duplicate common files: convert to relative symlinks identical files (same hash).
+    # We apply this algorithm only to unified build since in JHBuild WPE/Minibrowser
+    # and GTK/Minibrowser executables are identical and should not be symlinked.
     rdfind -deterministic true -makesymlinks true -makehardlinks false -makeresultsfile false .
+    symlinks -rc .
   fi
-  symlinks -rc .
+
   # zip resulting directory and cleanup TMP.
   zip --symlinks -r "$ZIP_PATH" ./
   cd -
diff --git a/browser_patches/webkit/build.sh b/browser_patches/webkit/build.sh
index 4af7549432..70299f3e7f 100755
--- a/browser_patches/webkit/build.sh
+++ b/browser_patches/webkit/build.sh
@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ build_wpe() {
 }
 
 ensure_linux_deps() {
-  SUDO="" ; [ $UID -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo"
-
-  # These two packages are needed to de-duplicate files on the GTK+WPE bundle and reduce its size.
-  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive ${SUDO} apt-get install -y symlinks rdfind
 
   if [[ -n "${IS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD}" ]]; then
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive ${SUDO} apt-get install -y flatpak
+    SUDO="" ; [ $UID -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo"
+    # - flatpak drives the build
+    # - symlinks and rdfind are needed to de-duplicate files on the GTK+WPE bundle to reduce its size.
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive ${SUDO} apt-get install -y flatpak symlinks rdfind
   fi
 
   yes | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive ./Tools/gtk/install-dependencies