1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 16493ab4c..4da2b2190 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1406,14 +1406,6 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path,
 	  goto un_backup;
 	}
 
-      if (x->recursive && x->copy_as_regular)
-	{
-	  /* Warn that applying `cp -r' to symlinks is not portable,
-	     but go ahead and preserve the symlink.  */
-	  error (0, 0, _("%s: WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic\
- links is not portable"), quote (src_path));
-	}
-
       if (!symlink (src_link_val, dst_path))
 	free (src_link_val);
       else