diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 0937bcc631f..dfefa6d2641 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ cd -
 
 export CARGOFLAGS # tell to make
  "${MAKE}" UTILS=install
-ln -vf "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/install" "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/ginstall" # The GNU tests use renamed install to ginstall
+[ -e "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/ginstall" ] || ln -vf "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/install" "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/ginstall" # The GNU tests use renamed install to ginstall
 if [ "${SELINUX_ENABLED}" = 1 ];then
     # Build few utils for SELinux for faster build. MULTICALL=y fails...
     "${MAKE}" UTILS="cat chcon chmod cp cut dd echo env groups id ln ls mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv printf rm rmdir runcon seq stat test touch tr true uname wc whoami"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ else
     # Use MULTICALL=y for faster build
     "${MAKE}" MULTICALL=y SKIP_UTILS="install more"
     for binary in $("${UU_BUILD_DIR}"/coreutils --list)
-        do ln -vf "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/${binary}"
+        do [ -e "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/${binary}" ] || ln -vf "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/coreutils" "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/${binary}"
     done
 fi