Index: contrib/libarchive/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c
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--- contrib/libarchive/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c	(revision 308208)
+++ contrib/libarchive/libarchive/archive_write_disk_posix.c	(working copy)
@@ -2026,10 +2026,6 @@ create_filesystem_object(struct archive_
 	const char *linkname;
 	mode_t final_mode, mode;
 	int r;
-	/* these for check_symlinks_fsobj */
-	char *linkname_copy;	/* non-const copy of linkname */
-	struct archive_string error_string;
-	int error_number;
 
 	/* We identify hard/symlinks according to the link names. */
 	/* Since link(2) and symlink(2) don't handle modes, we're done here. */
@@ -2038,27 +2034,6 @@ create_filesystem_object(struct archive_
 #if !HAVE_LINK
 		return (EPERM);
 #else
-		archive_string_init(&error_string);
-		linkname_copy = strdup(linkname);
-		if (linkname_copy == NULL) {
-		    return (EPERM);
-		}
-		/* TODO: consider using the cleaned-up path as the link target? */
-		r = cleanup_pathname_fsobj(linkname_copy, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
-		if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
-			archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
-			free(linkname_copy);
-			/* EPERM is more appropriate than error_number for our callers */
-			return (EPERM);
-		}
-		r = check_symlinks_fsobj(linkname_copy, &error_number, &error_string, a->flags);
-		if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
-			archive_set_error(&a->archive, error_number, "%s", error_string.s);
-			free(linkname_copy);
-			/* EPERM is more appropriate than error_number for our callers */
-			return (EPERM);
-		}
-		free(linkname_copy);
 		r = link(linkname, a->name) ? errno : 0;
 		/*
 		 * New cpio and pax formats allow hardlink entries