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diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index 87b0c853..06039ee2 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -1395,8 +1395,10 @@ def get_builtin_cfg():
return obj_copy.deepcopy(CFG_BUILTIN)
-def sym_link(source, link):
+def sym_link(source, link, force=False):
LOG.debug("Creating symbolic link from %r => %r", link, source)
+ if force and os.path.exists(link):
+ del_file(link)
os.symlink(source, link)