@@ -755,16 +755,10 @@
 	if (source == nil || destination == nil)
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
 
 	pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
-	if ([self directoryExistsAtPath: destination]) {
-		OFArray *components = [OFArray arrayWithObjects:
-		    destination, [source lastPathComponent], nil];
-		destination = [OFString pathWithComponents: components];
-	}
-
 	if (link([source cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE],
 	    [destination cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE]) != 0)
 		@throw [OFLinkFailedException
 		    exceptionWithSourcePath: source
 			    destinationPath: destination];
@@ -782,16 +776,10 @@
 	if (source == nil || destination == nil)
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
 
 	pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
-	if ([self directoryExistsAtPath: destination]) {
-		OFArray *components = [OFArray arrayWithObjects:
-		    destination, [source lastPathComponent], nil];
-		destination = [OFString pathWithComponents: components];
-	}
-
 	if (symlink([source cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE],
 	    [destination cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE]) != 0)
 		@throw [OFCreateSymbolicLinkFailedException
 		    exceptionWithSourcePath: source
 			    destinationPath: destination];