diff --git a/libs/pbd/mingw64/mingw64_pbd.cc b/libs/pbd/mingw64/mingw64_pbd.cc
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-/*
-    Copyright (C) 2009 John Emmas
-
-    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.
-
-*/
-
-#ifdef __MINGW64__
-
-#include <WTypes.h>
-#include <glibmm.h>
-
-//***************************************************************
-//
-//	realpath()
-//
-// Emulates POSIX realpath() using Win32 _fullpath().
-//
-//	Returns:
-//
-//    On Success: A pointer to the resolved (absolute) path
-//    On Failure: NULL
-//
-
-extern "C" {
-		
-char* 
-realpath (const char *original_path, char resolved_path[_MAX_PATH+1])
-{
-char *pRet = NULL;
-bool bIsSymLink = 0; // We'll probably need to test the incoming path
-                     // to find out if it points to a Windows shortcut
-                     // (or a hard link) and set this appropriately.
-	if (bIsSymLink)
-	{
-		// At the moment I'm not sure if Windows '_fullpath()' is directly
-		// equivalent to POSIX 'realpath()' - in as much as the latter will
-		// resolve the supplied path if it happens to point to a symbolic
-		// link ('_fullpath()' probably DOESN'T do this but I'm not really
-		// sure if Ardour needs such functionality anyway). Therefore we'll
-		// possibly need to add that functionality here at a later date.
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		char temp[(MAX_PATH+1)*6]; // Allow for maximum length of a path in UTF8 characters
-
-		// POSIX 'realpath()' requires that the buffer size is at
-		// least PATH_MAX+1, so assume that the user knew this !!
-		pRet = _fullpath(temp, Glib::locale_from_utf8(original_path).c_str(), _MAX_PATH);
-		if (NULL != pRet)
-			strcpy(resolved_path, Glib::locale_to_utf8(temp).c_str());
-	}
-
-	return (pRet);
-}
-
-}
-
-#endif  // __MINGW64__