diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index c418289..44dc356 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
     state: link
     dest: /usr/local/bin/puppet
     src: "{{ puppet_agent_cmd }}"
+  when:
+    - puppet_agent_cmd != '/usr/local/bin/puppet'
 
 - name: Obtain puppet configuration directory
   shell: "/usr/local/bin/puppet config print confdir"