diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 09beeb592f3119eb6bfc87a2a3f4503ce1c1592b..e4ea13458c98f636c7f4b7556a7c721c132b9354 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ end
 ####################
 
 node['typo3_site']['create_links'].each do |link_data|
+	execute 'remove link target' do
+		command "rm -f #{link_data['target']}"
+		action :run
+	end
+
 	link link_data['source'] do
 		to link_data['target']
 	end