diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.93.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.93.0.bb
index 2be0bd8d89..86da4f99d4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.93.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.93.0.bb
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ rust_runx () {
 
     # Copy the natively built llvm-config into the target so we can run it. Horrible,
     # but works!
-    if [ ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} != ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} -a ! -f ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} ]; then
+    if [ ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} != ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH} ]; then
         mkdir -p `dirname ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}`
-        cp ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}
+        rm -f ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}
+        cp -f ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH_NATIVE} ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}
         patchelf --remove-rpath ${RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH}
     fi