diff --git a/init_hdl.sh b/init_hdl.sh
index 507bdc5f2d5f9dd6a0f706f2f6723bd6563e08b3..de1c3ac86b49ca649434554400e4db7a16b38055 100644
--- a/init_hdl.sh
+++ b/init_hdl.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 # if exist user_components.ipx file/link remove it and make a symlink to the minimal_user_components.ipx file
 # Altera/[quartus_version]/ip/altera/user_componets.ipx should be a symbolic link to Altera/user_components.ipx
 user_components_file="${ALTERA_DIR}/user_components.ipx"
-if [ -f $user_components_file ]; then
+if [ -h $user_components_file ]; then
   rm $user_components_file
 fi
 # make a new symbolic link to the git version