diff -r b49e366556ba Lib/venv/__init__.py --- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py Mon Jun 02 14:43:24 2014 +0200 +++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py Tue Jun 03 15:18:04 2014 +0200 @@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class EnvBuilder: (sys.platform != 'darwin')): p = os.path.join(env_dir, 'lib') link_path = os.path.join(env_dir, 'lib64') - os.symlink(p, link_path) + if not os.path.exists(link_path): + os.symlink(p, link_path) context.bin_path = binpath = os.path.join(env_dir, binname) context.bin_name = binname context.env_exe = os.path.join(binpath, exename)