diff -r b0689af42a71 -r c199f6e97fd3 scripts/install.py
--- a/scripts/install.py	Tue Dec 14 14:47:44 2010 -0500
+++ b/scripts/install.py	Wed Dec 15 17:31:18 2010 +0100
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
         for filename in remove_file_list:
             print "rm",filename
             if not self._dryrun:
-                if os.path.exists(filename):
+                if os.path.lexists(filename):
                     remove_dir_set.add(os.path.dirname(filename))
                     try:
                         os.remove(filename)