diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
index 2d59fdc3ed8..fd6697c4690 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
 			<fileset dir="${buildDirectory}/${buildType}.${buildId}"/>
 		</copy>
 		<!-- Create symlink to latest build -->
+		<symlink action="delete" link="${copyToDir}/latest" failonerror="false"/>
 		<symlink link="${copyToDir}/latest" resource="${copyToDir}/${buildType}.${buildId}" overwrite="true"/> 
 	</target>