diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 045b521f2..33ee30fd2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ script:
 
                 buildfolder="${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/build/${exercisename}/${examplename}"
                 mkdir -p "${buildfolder}"
-                cp -r stack.yaml test ${example}/* "${buildfolder}"
+                cp -rL stack.yaml test ${example}/* "${buildfolder}"
 
                 pushd $buildfolder
 
diff --git a/common/stack.yaml b/common/stack.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..315f4bd5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/stack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+resolver: lts-7.9
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 8e5df4451..2e9b56e54 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@
     "trinary"
   ],
   "ignored": [
+    "common",
     "docs",
     "img"
   ],
diff --git a/exercises/pov/stack.yaml b/exercises/pov/stack.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 315f4bd5f..000000000
--- a/exercises/pov/stack.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-resolver: lts-7.9
diff --git a/exercises/pov/stack.yaml b/exercises/pov/stack.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..ca3a04adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/pov/stack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../common/stack.yaml
\ No newline at end of file