diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
index 13d1346b3d9a..55cb05f864a7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub fn symlink_dir(config: &Config, original: &Path, link: &Path) -> io::Result<
     if config.dry_run() {
         return Ok(());
     }
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir(link);
+    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(link);
     return symlink_dir_inner(original, link);
 
     #[cfg(not(windows))]