diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 26d5bdd..ee0d919 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,13 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
         {
           if (!clone_ok)
             {
+              if (errno == ENOTSUP || errno == ENOTTY || errno == EXDEV)
+                {
+                  if (unlink (dst_name) != 0)
+                    error (0, errno, _("cannot remove %s"), quote (dst_name));
+                  else if (x->verbose)
+                    printf (_("removed %s\n"), quote (dst_name));
+                }
               error (0, errno, _("failed to clone %s from %s"),
                      quote_n (0, dst_name), quote_n (1, src_name));
               return_val = false;