diff --git a/scripts/o3de/o3de/utils.py b/scripts/o3de/o3de/utils.py
index 56f9ae4bcd..9872c0779b 100755
--- a/scripts/o3de/o3de/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/o3de/o3de/utils.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def download_file(parsed_uri, download_path: pathlib.Path, force_overwrite, down
             logger.warn(f'File already downloaded to {download_path}.')
         else:
             try:
-                shutil.rmtree(download_path)
+                os.unlink(download_path)
             except OSError:
                 logger.error(f'Could not remove existing download path {download_path}.')
                 return 1