diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 92e3ecea5d..d309658b2f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -42870,7 +42870,9 @@ echo "$as_me: executing $ac_dest commands" >&6;}
             if test -f wx-config; then
                 chmod +x wx-config
                 mv -f wx-config lib/wx/config/${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE}
-                ( cd lib/wx/config ; ${LN_S} ${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE} ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME} )
+                ( cd lib/wx/config ;
+                  rm -f ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}
+                  ${LN_S} ${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE} ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME} )
                 rm -f wx${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}-config
                 ${LN_S} wx-config wx${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}-config
             fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9d40bf52bd..94f7a16e15 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6305,7 +6305,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([default],
             if test -f wx-config; then
                 chmod +x wx-config
                 mv -f wx-config lib/wx/config/${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE}
-                ( cd lib/wx/config ; ${LN_S} ${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE} ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME} )
+                ( cd lib/wx/config ; 
+                  rm -f ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}
+                  ${LN_S} ${WXCONFIG_DATA_FILE} ${TOOLCHAIN_NAME} )
                 rm -f wx${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}-config
                 ${LN_S} wx-config wx${TOOLCHAIN_NAME}-config
             fi