diff --git a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
index 666654998b..1cc121a4e7 100644
--- a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ all_targets: &all_targets
   # We control Bazel version in integration tests, so we don't need USE_BAZEL_VERSION for tests.
   skip_use_bazel_version_for_test: true
   test_targets:
-    - "--"
     - "..."
-    # Disabled due to https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/issues/827
-    - "-//python/tests/toolchains:python_3_8_10_x86_64-apple-darwin_test"
 platforms:
   ubuntu1804:
     <<: *all_targets
@@ -40,4 +37,4 @@ platforms:
       # The dependencies needed for this test are not cross-platform: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/issues/260
       - "-//tests:pip_repository_entry_points_example"
     test_flags:
-      - "--test_tag_filters=-fix-windows"
+      - "--test_tag_filters=-fix-windows"
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diff --git a/python/repositories.bzl b/python/repositories.bzl
index dc2c49e722..b676de1060 100644
--- a/python/repositories.bzl
+++ b/python/repositories.bzl
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ py_runtime_pair(
         python_path = python_bin,
         python_version = python_short_version,
     )
+
+    # On older macos versions there is a Python directory containing
+    # object files, which conflicts with a python symlink (macos is case
+    # insensitive). Therefore remove any file/directory from the archive
+    # before adding a python symlink.
+    rctx.delete("python")
     rctx.symlink(python_bin, "python")
     rctx.file(STANDALONE_INTERPRETER_FILENAME, "# File intentionally left blank. Indicates that this is an interpreter repo created by rules_python.")
     rctx.file("BUILD.bazel", build_content)