diff --git a/pisi/atomicoperations.py b/pisi/atomicoperations.py
index 6624d1f8..e596abe7 100644
--- a/pisi/atomicoperations.py
+++ b/pisi/atomicoperations.py
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ class Install(AtomicOperation):
                 if not os.path.exists(destdir):
                     os.makedirs(destdir)
 
-                if os.path.islink(old_path): 
-                    if not os.path.lexists(new_path):
-                        os.symlink(os.readlink(old_path), new_path)
+                if os.path.lexists(new_path):
+                    os.unlink(new_path)
+
+                if os.path.islink(old_path):
+                    os.symlink(os.readlink(old_path), new_path)
                 else:
                     shutil.copy(old_path, new_path)