1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/remove_file.c b/libbb/remove_file.c
index 52b3211e6..23be40429 100644
--- a/libbb/remove_file.c
+++ b/libbb/remove_file.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
         struct stat path_stat;
         int path_exists = 1;
 
-        if (stat(path, &path_stat) < 0) {
+        if (lstat(path, &path_stat) < 0) {
                 if (errno != ENOENT) {
                         perror_msg("unable to stat `%s'", path);
                         return -1;
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
                 return status;
         } else {
                 if ((!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE) && access(path, W_OK) < 0 &&
+                                        !S_ISLNK(path_stat.st_mode) &&
                                         isatty(0)) ||
                                 (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
                         fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove `%s'? ", applet_name, path);