diff -r -U2 binutils-2.26/binutils/rename.c binutils-2.26/binutils/rename.c
--- binutils-2.26/binutils/rename.c	2015-11-13 01:27:16.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils-2.26/binutils/rename.c	2015-11-13 01:27:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@
   if (fromfd < 0)
     return -1;
+  unlink (to);
 #ifdef O_CREAT
   tofd = open (to, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0777);