diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index b7511804d95..c053c886e92 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postUnpack = ''
     mkdir -v $sourceRoot/src
-  '' + (stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings (f: "ln -sv ${f} $sourceRoot/src/${f.outputHash}-${f.name}\nln -sv ${f} $sourceRoot/src/${f.name}\n") srcs.third_party)
+  '' + (stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings (f: "ln -sfv ${f} $sourceRoot/src/${f.outputHash}-${f.name}\nln -sfv ${f} $sourceRoot/src/${f.name}\n") srcs.third_party)
   + ''
     ln -sv ${srcs.help} $sourceRoot/src/${srcs.help.name}
     ln -svf ${srcs.translations} $sourceRoot/src/${srcs.translations.name}