diff --git a/cde/config/cf/bsdLib.rules b/cde/config/cf/bsdLib.rules
index 5f9d69d33..f2fff8cd6 100644
--- a/cde/config/cf/bsdLib.rules
+++ b/cde/config/cf/bsdLib.rules
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ Concat(lib,libname.so.rev):  solist $(EXTRALIBRARYDEPS)			@@\
 	$(RM) Concat(lib,libname.so)					@@\
 	$(LN) $@ Concat(lib,libname.so)					@@\
 	LinkBuildLibrary($@)						@@\
-	(cd $(BUILDLIBDIR) && $(LN) $@ Concat(lib,libname.so))		@@\
+	(cd $(BUILDLIBDIR) && $(RM) Concat(lib,libname.so) && \
+		$(LN) $@ Concat(lib,libname.so))			@@\
 									@@\
 clean::									@@\
 	$(RM) Concat(lib,libname.so.rev) Concat(lib,libname.so)