diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/utils.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/utils.py
index 33b5b4b5ad..c66ef02d04 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/utils.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CommentFinder(object):
         q = bisect(self.starts, offset) - 1
         return q >= 0 and self.starts[q] <= offset <= self.ends[q]
 
-def link_stylesheets(container, names, sheets, mtype='text/css'):
+def link_stylesheets(container, names, sheets, remove=False, mtype='text/css'):
     from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import XPath, XHTML
     changed_names = set()
     snames = set(sheets)
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def link_stylesheets(container, names, sheets, mtype='text/css'):
     hp = XPath('//h:head')
     for name in names:
         root = container.parsed(name)
+        if remove:
+            for link in lp(root):
+                if (link.get('type', mtype) or mtype) == mtype:
+                    container.remove_from_xml(link)
+                    changed_names.add(name)
+                    container.dirty(name)
         existing = {container.href_to_name(l.get('href'), name) for l in lp(root) if (l.get('type', mtype) or mtype) == mtype}
         extra = snames - existing
         if extra:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/__init__.py
index 8540808468..17d33f8df0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ d['preview_standard_font_family'] = 'serif'
 d['preview_base_font_size'] = 18
 d['preview_mono_font_size'] = 14
 d['preview_minimum_font_size'] = 8
+d['remove_existing_links_when_linking_sheets'] = True
 
 del d
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
index 7d9caa5d19..dc6da3ae92 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
@@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ class Boss(QObject):
             self.show_editor(master)
 
     @in_thread_job
-    def link_stylesheets_requested(self, names, sheets):
+    def link_stylesheets_requested(self, names, sheets, remove):
         self.commit_all_editors_to_container()
         self.add_savepoint(_('Link stylesheets'))
-        changed_names = link_stylesheets(current_container(), names, sheets)
+        changed_names = link_stylesheets(current_container(), names, sheets, remove)
         if changed_names:
             self.update_editors_from_container(names=changed_names)
             self.set_modified()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
index ddaf43cce6..5d60a5e451 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (
     QWidget, QTreeWidget, QGridLayout, QSize, Qt, QTreeWidgetItem, QIcon, QFont,
     QStyledItemDelegate, QStyle, QPixmap, QPainter, pyqtSignal, QMenu, QTimer,
     QDialogButtonBox, QDialog, QLabel, QLineEdit, QVBoxLayout, QScrollArea,
-    QRadioButton, QFormLayout, QSpinBox, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem)
+    QRadioButton, QFormLayout, QSpinBox, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QCheckBox)
 
 from calibre import human_readable, sanitize_file_name_unicode
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import OEB_STYLES, OEB_DOCS
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.container import guess_type, OEB_FONTS
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.cover import (
     get_cover_page_name, get_raster_cover_name, is_raster_image)
 from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, choose_files, question_dialog, elided_text, choose_save_file
-from calibre.gui2.tweak_book import current_container
+from calibre.gui2.tweak_book import current_container, tprefs
 from calibre.gui2.tweak_book.editor import syntax_from_mime
 from calibre.gui2.tweak_book.templates import template_for
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class FileList(QTreeWidget):
     mark_requested = pyqtSignal(object, object)
     export_requested = pyqtSignal(object, object)
     replace_requested = pyqtSignal(object, object, object, object)
-    link_stylesheets_requested = pyqtSignal(object, object)
+    link_stylesheets_requested = pyqtSignal(object, object, object)
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         QTreeWidget.__init__(self, parent)
@@ -652,13 +652,17 @@ class FileList(QTreeWidget):
             flags = Qt.ItemIsEnabled | Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt.ItemIsDragEnabled | Qt.ItemIsSelectable
             i.setFlags(flags)
             i.setCheckState(Qt.Checked)
+        d.r = r = QCheckBox(_('Remove existing links to stylesheets'))
+        r.setChecked(tprefs['remove_existing_links_when_linking_sheets'])
+        l.addWidget(r)
         d.bb = bb = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Ok | QDialogButtonBox.Cancel)
         bb.accepted.connect(d.accept), bb.rejected.connect(d.reject)
         l.addWidget(bb)
         if d.exec_() == d.Accepted:
+            tprefs['remove_existing_links_when_linking_sheets'] = r.isChecked()
             sheets = [unicode(s.item(i).text()) for i in xrange(s.count()) if s.item(i).checkState() == Qt.Checked]
             if sheets:
-                self.link_stylesheets_requested.emit(names, sheets)
+                self.link_stylesheets_requested.emit(names, sheets, r.isChecked())
 
 class NewFileDialog(QDialog):  # {{{