diff --git a/recipes/core/userutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/userutils/recipe.toml
index 6ac31c37f0..d7c44bbb3a 100644
--- a/recipes/core/userutils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/userutils/recipe.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ script = """
 cookbook_cargo
 cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/res" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc"
 rm -f "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/motd"
-ln -s id "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/whoami"
+ln -sf id "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/whoami"
 """