diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/site.py b/wo/cli/plugins/site.py
index b37f366..1530857 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/site.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/site.py
@@ -1470,15 +1470,8 @@ class WOSiteUpdateController(CementBaseController):
                                                .format(wo_site_webroot))
                         # find all broken symlinks
                         sympath = "/var/www"
-                        sslconf = ("{0}/conf/nginx/ssl.conf"
-                                   .format(wo_site_webroot))
-                        symlinks = WOFileUtils.findBrokenSymlink(self, sympath)
+                        WOFileUtils.findBrokenSymlink(self, sympath)
 
-                        for symlink in symlinks:
-                            wo_symlink = os.readlink('{0}'.format(symlink))
-                            if wo_symlink == sslconf:
-                                # remove broken symlinks
-                                WOFileUtils.remove_symlink(self, symlink)
                 elif (pargs.letsencrypt == "clean" or
                       pargs.letsencrypt == "purge"):
                     removeAcmeConf(self, wo_domain)
diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/site_functions.py b/wo/cli/plugins/site_functions.py
index 18dd3f0..9b4d1eb 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/site_functions.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/site_functions.py
@@ -1266,13 +1266,8 @@ def removeAcmeConf(self, domain):
 
         # find all broken symlinks
         sympath = "/var/www"
-        symlinks = WOFileUtils.findBrokenSymlink(self, sympath)
+        WOFileUtils.findBrokenSymlink(self, sympath)
 
-        for symlink in symlinks:
-            wo_symlink = os.readlink('{0}'.format(symlink))
-            if wo_symlink == sslconf:
-                # remove broken symlinks
-                WOFileUtils.remove_symlink(self, symlink)
     else:
         if os.path.islink("{0}".format(sslconf)):
             WOFileUtils.remove_symlink(self, "{0}".format(sslconf))
diff --git a/wo/core/fileutils.py b/wo/core/fileutils.py
index 7450b61..cc6678f 100644
--- a/wo/core/fileutils.py
+++ b/wo/core/fileutils.py
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ class WOFileUtils():
                     if not os.path.exists(target_path):
                         links.append(path)
                         broken.append(path)
+                        os.remove(path)
                     else:
                         links.append(path)
                 else:
                     # If it's not a symlink we're not interested.
                     continue
-
-            return broken
+        return True