diff --git a/ci-tools/vulnerability-scan b/ci-tools/vulnerability-scan
index 884a6b571e470eb783b62c573644481d4103c535..6a84fa544d2494a15e0ba10919641d262a4637b4 100755
--- a/ci-tools/vulnerability-scan
+++ b/ci-tools/vulnerability-scan
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -eo pipefail
 
 OUTPUT=$1
 
-rm -v scan-target
+[ -e scan-target ] && rm -v scan-target
 nix-shell --run '
 object=$(morph build morph/grid/testing/grid.nix 2>&1 | tail -n 1)
 ln -s "$object" scan-target