diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/symlink.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/symlink.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1820e51ad1..0000000000
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/symlink.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    Copyright (C) 2011 Paul Davis
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-*/
-
-#ifndef __libpbd_symlink_h__
-#define __libpbd_symlink_h__
-
-#include <string>
-
-namespace PBD {
-	bool is_symlink (const std::string&);
-}
-
-#endif /* __libpbd_symlink_h__ */
diff --git a/libs/pbd/symlink.cc b/libs/pbd/symlink.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6497a5a352..0000000000
--- a/libs/pbd/symlink.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    Copyright (C) 2011 Paul Davis
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-*/
-
-#include <string>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <glib/gstdio.h>
-
-#include "pbd/symlink.h"
-
-bool
-PBD::is_symlink (const std::string& path)
-{
-	struct stat statbuf;
-
-	if (g_lstat (path.c_str(), &statbuf)) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
diff --git a/libs/pbd/wscript b/libs/pbd/wscript
index efe191e4a3..e0ccb885b1 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/wscript
+++ b/libs/pbd/wscript
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ def build(bld):
             stateful.cc
             strreplace.cc
             strsplit.cc
-            symlink.cc
             textreceiver.cc
             transmitter.cc
             undo.cc