diff --git a/scst/src/Makefile b/scst/src/Makefile
index dafc5cb3c..ffa701c31 100644
--- a/scst/src/Makefile
+++ b/scst/src/Makefile
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ install: all
 	false; fi
 	-rm -f $(INSTALL_DIR)/scsi_tgt.ko
 	KDIR=$(KDIR) ../../scripts/sign-modules
+	# Apparently on RHEL 8 and CentOS 8 the module installation can
+	# leave stale symlinks in /lib/modules/$(KVER)/weak-updates/. These
+	# symlinks may cause loading of SCST to fail, Remove these symlinks
+	# before installing SCST.
+	if [ -e /usr/sbin/weak-modules ]; then				\
+		/usr/sbin/weak-modules --remove-kernel;			\
+	fi
 	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(shell pwd)/dev_handlers			\
 	  INSTALL_MOD_DIR=extra/dev_handlers				\
 	  $$([ -n "$(DEPMOD)" ] && echo "DEPMOD=$(DEPMOD)")		\