diff --git a/roles/python/tasks/Unix.yaml b/roles/python/tasks/Unix.yaml
index 471cbbf..0cc1e13 100644
--- a/roles/python/tasks/Unix.yaml
+++ b/roles/python/tasks/Unix.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   register: pip_conf
 
 - name: remove pip.conf if its a symbolic link
-  when: pip_conf.stat.islnk
+  when: pip_conf.stat.exists and pip_conf.stat.islnk
   file:
     state: absent
     path: ~/.config/pip/pip.conf
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   register: ipython_config_py
 
 - name: remove ipython_conifg.py if its a symbolic link
-  when: ipython_config_py.stat.islnk
+  when: ipython_config_py.stat.exists and ipython_config_py.stat.islnk
   file:
     state: absent
     path: ~/.config/ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py