diff --git a/mingw-w64-PKGBUILD-common/replace-symlinks.py b/mingw-w64-PKGBUILD-common/replace-symlinks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3fce9f39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-PKGBUILD-common/replace-symlinks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Hannah von Reth <vonreth@kde.org> and others
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+# Source: https://invent.kde.org/packaging/craft/-/blob/master/bin/utils.py
+# Replace symlinks with target file and directories after extracting tarball
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def createDir(path):
+    """Recursive directory creation function. Makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory"""
+    if not os.path.lexists(path):
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    return True
+
+
+def copyFile(
+    src: Path,
+    dest: Path,
+    linkOnly=False,
+):
+    """copy file from src to dest"""
+    src = Path(src)
+    dest = Path(dest)
+    if dest.is_dir():
+        dest = dest / src.name
+    else:
+        createDir(dest.parent)
+    if os.path.lexists(dest):
+        print(f"Warning: Overriding:\t{dest} with\n\t\t{src}")
+        if src == dest:
+            print(f"Error: Can't copy a file into itself {src}=={dest}")
+            return False
+        OsUtils.rm(dest, True)
+    # don't link to links
+    if linkOnly and not os.path.islink(src):
+        try:
+            os.link(src, dest)
+            return True
+        except:
+            print("Warning: Failed to create hardlink %s for %s" % (dest, src))
+    try:
+        shutil.copy2(src, dest, follow_symlinks=False)
+    except PermissionError as e:
+        if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows and dest.exists():
+            return deleteFile(dest) and copyFile(src, dest)
+        else:
+            raise e
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: Failed to copy file:\n{src} to\n{dest}", exc_info=e)
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def copyDir(
+    srcdir,
+    destdir,
+    linkOnly=False,
+    copiedFiles=None,
+):
+    """copy directory from srcdir to destdir"""
+
+    srcdir = Path(srcdir)
+    if not srcdir.exists():
+        print(f"Warning: copyDir called. srcdir: {srcdir} does not exists")
+        return False
+    destdir = Path(destdir)
+    if not destdir.exists():
+        createDir(destdir)
+
+    try:
+        with os.scandir(srcdir) as scan:
+            for entry in scan:
+                dest = (
+                    destdir / Path(entry.path).parent.relative_to(srcdir) / entry.name
+                )
+                if entry.is_dir():
+                    if entry.is_symlink():
+                        # copy the symlinks without resolving them
+                        if not copyFile(entry.path, dest, linkOnly=False):
+                            return False
+                        if copiedFiles is not None:
+                            copiedFiles.append(str(dest))
+                    else:
+                        if not copyDir(
+                            entry.path, dest, copiedFiles=copiedFiles, linkOnly=linkOnly
+                        ):
+                            return False
+                else:
+                    # symlinks to files are included in `files`
+                    if not copyFile(entry.path, dest, linkOnly=linkOnly):
+                        return False
+                    if copiedFiles is not None:
+                        copiedFiles.append(str(dest))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: Failed to copy dir:\n{srcdir} to\n{destdir}", exc_info=e)
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def replaceSymlinksWithCopies(path, _replaceDirs=False):
+    def resolveLink(path):
+        while os.path.islink(path):
+            toReplace = os.readlink(path)
+            if not os.path.isabs(toReplace):
+                path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path), toReplace)
+            else:
+                path = toReplace
+        return path
+
+    # symlinks to dirs are resolved after we resolved the files
+    dirsToResolve = []
+    ok = True
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(path):
+        for svg in files:
+            if not ok:
+                return False
+            path = os.path.join(root, svg)
+            if os.path.islink(path):
+                toReplace = resolveLink(path)
+                if not os.path.exists(toReplace):
+                    print(
+                        f"Error: Resolving {path} failed: {toReplace} does not exists."
+                    )
+                    continue
+                if toReplace != path:
+                    if os.path.isdir(toReplace):
+                        if not _replaceDirs:
+                            dirsToResolve.append(path)
+                        else:
+                            os.unlink(path)
+                            ok = copyDir(toReplace, path)
+                    else:
+                        os.unlink(path)
+                        ok = copyFile(toReplace, path)
+    while dirsToResolve:
+        d = dirsToResolve.pop()
+        if not os.path.exists(resolveLink(d)):
+            print(f"Warning: Delay replacement of {d}")
+            dirsToResolve.append(d)
+            continue
+        if not replaceSymlinksWithCopies(os.path.dirname(d), _replaceDirs=True):
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+replaceSymlinksWithCopies(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/mingw-w64-breeze/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-breeze/PKGBUILD
index ad2448e345..a2fdc6fa41 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-breeze/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-breeze/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _realname=breeze
 pkgbase="mingw-w64-${_realname}"
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
 pkgver=6.0.2
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Artwork, styles and assets for the Breeze visual style for the Plasma Desktop (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-hicolor-icon-theme"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-kwindowsystem"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-qt6-base"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-qt6-declarative")
-makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
+makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-7zip"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-extra-cmake-modules"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-qt6-declarative"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-qt6-tools")
 groups=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-plasma")
@@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ apply_patch_with_msg() {
 }
 
 prepare() {
-  echo "Extracting ${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz ..."
-  tar -xJf "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz" || true
-  tar -xJf "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz" || true
-  
+  7z x -bso0 -bsp0 "${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
+  7z x -bso0 -bsp0 -ttar "${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar"
+  python "$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})"/../mingw-w64-PKGBUILD-common/replace-symlinks.py "${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+
   cd ${_realname}-${pkgver}
 
   apply_patch_with_msg \