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diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index 418421b9..12983c0a 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -933,7 +933,10 @@ def set_etc_timezone(tz, tz_file=None, tz_conf="/etc/timezone",
# This ensures that the correct tz will be used for the system
if tz_local and tz_file:
# use a symlink if there exists a symlink or tz_local is not present
- if os.path.islink(tz_local) or not os.path.exists(tz_local):
+ islink = os.path.islink(tz_local)
+ if islink or not os.path.exists(tz_local):
+ if islink:
+ util.del_file(tz_local)
os.symlink(tz_file, tz_local)
else:
util.copy(tz_file, tz_local)