diff --git a/resources/scripts/install b/resources/scripts/install
index 424ce0e6..b22f5f57 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/install
+++ b/resources/scripts/install
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ if [ -f "/usr/lib/ballerina/bin/ballerina" ]
 then
     ln -sf /usr/lib/ballerina/bin/bal /usr/bin/bal
     echo "export BALLERINA_HOME=/usr/lib/bal" >> /etc/profile.d/wso2.sh
+    rm -f /usr/lib/ballerina/bin/ballerina
 elif [ -f "usr/lib64/ballerina/bin/ballerina" ] 
 then
     ln -sf usr/lib64/ballerina/bin/bal /usr/bin/bal
+    rm -f usr/lib64/ballerina/bin/ballerina
 elif [ -f "/Library/Ballerina/bin/ballerina" ] 
 then
     echo "/Library/Ballerina/bin" >> target/darwinpkg/etc/paths.d/bal
+    rm -f /Library/Ballerina/bin/ballerina
 fi
 
 echo "The ‘ballerina’ command was changed to ‘bal’. Please use ‘bal’ command from now onwards."
diff --git a/resources/scripts/install.bat b/resources/scripts/install.bat
index b9dc8e15..e5c84571 100644
--- a/resources/scripts/install.bat
+++ b/resources/scripts/install.bat
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ echo      $ bal dist update
 echo Tool version updated to the latest version: @version@
 echo Cleaning old files...
 
+del /F/Q %CURRENT_PATH%\..\bin\ballerina.bat
 for %%f in (%CURRENT_PATH%\..\lib\*ballerina-command*.jar) do (
 	echo %%f|find /i "ballerina-command-@version@.jar">nul
     	if errorlevel 1 (