diff --git a/20-zipl-kernel.install b/20-zipl-kernel.install
index 6847a20..8cb8d86 100755
--- a/20-zipl-kernel.install
+++ b/20-zipl-kernel.install
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
     add)
         if [[ "${KERNEL_DIR}" != "/boot" ]]; then
             # rename to match the name used in the pseudo-BLS snippet above
-            rm -f "/boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
-            cp --preserve=timestamps -T "${KERNEL_IMAGE}" "/boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
+            cp --remove-destination --preserve=timestamps -T "${KERNEL_IMAGE}" "/boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}"
             command -v restorecon &>/dev/null && \
                 restorecon -R "/boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VERSION}"