diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index ab75ba9da8894b6..5dc0f2ee2f9265a 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ def _copytree(entries, src, dst, symlinks, ignore, copy_function,
                     # We can't just leave it to `copy_function` because legacy
                     # code with a custom `copy_function` may rely on copytree
                     # doing the right thing.
+                    if dirs_exist_ok and os.path.lexists(dstname):
+                        os.unlink(dstname)
                     os.symlink(linkto, dstname)
                     copystat(srcobj, dstname, follow_symlinks=not symlinks)
                 else:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-07-19-16-30-33.gh-issue-105919.LBV7TS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-07-19-16-30-33.gh-issue-105919.LBV7TS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..3fc22c064496ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-07-19-16-30-33.gh-issue-105919.LBV7TS.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fixed shutil.copytree(), now it overrides existing symbolic links correctly