diff --git a/package/vim/0001-src-Makefile-create-links-with-ln-sf.patch b/package/vim/0001-src-Makefile-create-links-with-ln-sf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54d423aacf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/vim/0001-src-Makefile-create-links-with-ln-sf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+From 5686ef63f81fcac2ca6ec6e7160829b295ad4e79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:01:38 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] src/Makefile: create links with ln -sf
+
+Running "make installlinks" twice towards the same destination
+directory will fail, as symlink will already exist. This is not really
+expected as "make install" is normally expected to work again and
+again towards the same destination directory.
+
+Fix this by using ln -sf.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+Upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6df5360691266b5eca49380e94f3e21fa48e5e0b
+---
+ src/Makefile | 24 ++++++++++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+index 6fb1eb95e..39f798260 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -2746,40 +2746,40 @@ installvimdiff: $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIMDIFFTARGET)
+ installgvimdiff: $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMDIFFTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(EXTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(EXTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(EXTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIEWTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(VIEWTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(VIEWTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIMTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIMTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIEWTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIEWTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIEWTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(RVIMTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(RVIMTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(RVIMTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(RVIEWTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(RVIEWTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(RVIEWTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(RGVIMTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(RGVIMTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(RGVIMTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(RGVIEWTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(RGVIEWTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(RGVIEWTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIMDIFFTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(VIMDIFFTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(VIMDIFFTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMDIFFTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIMDIFFTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(GVIMDIFFTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(EVIMTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(EVIMTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(EVIMTARGET)
+ 
+ $(DEST_BIN)/$(EVIEWTARGET): $(DEST_BIN)
+-	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -s $(VIMTARGET) $(EVIEWTARGET)
++	cd $(DEST_BIN); ln -sf $(VIMTARGET) $(EVIEWTARGET)
+ 
+ # Create links for the manual pages with various names to vim.	This is only
+ # done when the links (or manpages with the same name) don't exist yet.
+-- 
+2.52.0
+
diff --git a/package/vim/vim.mk b/package/vim/vim.mk
index 1e7e1d6a55..fa7d47d67d 100644
--- a/package/vim/vim.mk
+++ b/package/vim/vim.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ VIM_INSTALL_TARGETS += installrtbase installmacros
 endif
 
 define VIM_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(RM) -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/{ex,view,rvim,rview,vimdiff}
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/src DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
 		$(VIM_INSTALL_TARGETS)
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/vim/vim*/doc/