diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a4c60784ac..f2699bf4cb 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2012-05-24 13:09 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/config/postinst.hb
+    ! remove old links before hb_FLinkSym() is called.
+      Without it old links were not overloaded and
+      I've just noticed that I have still active links
+      to old harbour shared library in my system.
+
 2012-05-23 18:48 UTC-0800 Pritpal Bedi (bedipritpal@hotmail.com)
   * contrib/hbide/hbqreportsmanager.prg
   * contrib/hbide/idefindreplace.prg
diff --git a/harbour/config/postinst.hb b/harbour/config/postinst.hb
index 3c5d195e28..0b6fc48a15 100644
--- a/harbour/config/postinst.hb
+++ b/harbour/config/postinst.hb
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ STATIC PROCEDURE mk_hb_FCopy( cSrc, cDst, l644 )
 /* Like hb_FLinkSym(), but with feedback */
 STATIC PROCEDURE mk_hb_FLinkSym( cDst, cSrc )
 
+   FErase( cSrc ) /* remove old links if any */
    IF hb_FLinkSym( cDst, cSrc ) == 0
       OutStd( hb_StrFormat( "! Symlink: %1$s <= %2$s", cDst, cSrc ) + hb_eol() )
    ELSE