diff --git a/src/bundling.jl b/src/bundling.jl
index 66d74b1..74cf04d 100644
--- a/src/bundling.jl
+++ b/src/bundling.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ function bundle_products(recipe::BundleRecipe)
         return
     end
 
+    # Wipe top-level subdirs of a previous bundle so re-runs are idempotent
+    # (PackageCompiler's bundle_cert/bundle_artifacts cp without force). Only
+    # touch directories: top-level files are link products (the main artifact
+    # plus, on Windows, its sibling `.dll.a` import library) and must survive.
+    # Skip any subdir that contains the link output (programmatic API allows
+    # outname inside output_dir).
+    out_abs = abspath(recipe.output_dir)
+    outname_abs = abspath(recipe.link_recipe.outname)
+    if isdir(out_abs)
+        for entry in readdir(out_abs, join=true)
+            isdir(entry) || continue
+            startswith(relpath(outname_abs, abspath(entry)), "..") || continue
+            rm(entry; force=true, recursive=true)
+        end
+    end
+
     # Ensure the bundle output directory exists
     mkpath(recipe.output_dir)
 
@@ -24,22 +40,14 @@ function bundle_products(recipe::BundleRecipe)
 
     # Re-home bundled libraries into the desired bundle layout
     libdir = recipe.libdir
-    # Move `<output_dir>/julia` -> `<output_dir>/<libdir>/julia`
+    # Move `<output_dir>/julia` -> `<output_dir>/<libdir>/julia`.
     src_julia_dir = joinpath(recipe.output_dir, "julia")
     if isdir(src_julia_dir)
         dest_root = joinpath(recipe.output_dir, libdir)
         mkpath(dest_root)
         dest_julia_dir = joinpath(dest_root, "julia")
         if abspath(src_julia_dir) != abspath(dest_julia_dir)
-            if isdir(dest_julia_dir)
-                # Track this directory for removal in the consolidation function
-                dirs_to_remove = [dest_julia_dir]
-            else
-                dirs_to_remove = String[]
-            end
             mv(src_julia_dir, dest_julia_dir; force=true)
-        else
-            dirs_to_remove = String[]
         end
         # On Windows, place required DLLs next to the executable (in bin/) for loader discovery
         if Sys.iswindows()
@@ -55,8 +63,6 @@ function bundle_products(recipe::BundleRecipe)
                 end
             end
         end
-    else
-        dirs_to_remove = String[]
     end
 
     # Determine where to place the built product within the bundle
@@ -83,11 +89,6 @@ function bundle_products(recipe::BundleRecipe)
     if Sys.isapple()
         _codesign_bundle!(recipe)
     end
-
-    # Now perform all directory removals at once
-    for dir in dirs_to_remove
-        rm(dir; force=true, recursive=true)
-    end
 end
 
 function remove_unnecessary_libraries(recipe::BundleRecipe)
diff --git a/src/linking.jl b/src/linking.jl
index 5038909..67c8864 100644
--- a/src/linking.jl
+++ b/src/linking.jl
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ function link_products(recipe::LinkRecipe)
     try
         mkpath(dirname(recipe.outname))
         is_shared_output = image_recipe.output_type != "--output-exe"
+        # Reject output paths that resolve to an existing directory; on case-insensitive
+        # filesystems this also catches case-only collisions with the package dir (#132).
+        if isdir(recipe.outname)
+            error("Output path '$(recipe.outname)' already exists as a directory " *
+                  "(case-insensitive filesystems may match a differently-cased dir " *
+                  "such as the package directory). Choose a different output name.")
+        end
         # Base command
         cmd2 = `$(compiler_cmd)`
         for f in recipe.ld_flags
@@ -137,16 +144,18 @@ function link_products(recipe::LinkRecipe)
         end
         # Link in the whole archive and user-provided objects, then undo WHOLE_ARCHIVE
         cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,$(Base.Linking.WHOLE_ARCHIVE) $(image_recipe.img_path) $(image_recipe.extra_objects) -Wl,$(Base.Linking.NO_WHOLE_ARCHIVE) $(julia_libs)`
-        # Platform-specific linker flags
+        # install_name / soname / import-lib are shared-library only.
         lib_name = basename(recipe.outname)
-        if Sys.iswindows()
-            lib_basename, _ = splitext(lib_name)
-            import_lib_path = joinpath(dirname(recipe.outname), lib_basename * ".dll.a")
-            cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,--out-implib=$(import_lib_path)`
-        elseif Sys.isapple()
-            cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,-install_name,@rpath/$(lib_name)`
-        elseif Sys.islinux()
-            cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,-soname,$(lib_name)`
+        if is_shared_output
+            if Sys.iswindows()
+                lib_basename, _ = splitext(lib_name)
+                import_lib_path = joinpath(dirname(recipe.outname), lib_basename * ".dll.a")
+                cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,--out-implib=$(import_lib_path)`
+            elseif Sys.isapple()
+                cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,-install_name,@rpath/$(lib_name)`
+            elseif Sys.islinux()
+                cmd2 = `$cmd2 -Wl,-soname,$(lib_name)`
+            end
         end
         image_recipe.verbose && println("Running: $cmd2")
         run(cmd2)