diff --git a/libntfs-3g/dir.c b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
index 8633c7d9..e95eff52 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
@@ -2157,11 +2157,6 @@ static int ntfs_link_i(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfs_inode *dir_ni, const ntfschar *name,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	
-	if ((ni->flags & FILE_ATTR_REPARSE_POINT)
-	   && !ntfs_possible_symlink(ni)) {
-		err = EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err_out;
-	}
 	if (NVolHideDotFiles(dir_ni->vol)) {
 		/* Set hidden flag according to the latest name */
 		if ((name_len > 1)
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/index.c b/libntfs-3g/index.c
index d93b1b3d..645b74d3 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/index.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/index.c
@@ -1856,13 +1856,6 @@ int ntfs_index_remove(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfs_inode *ni,
 		if (ntfs_index_lookup(key, keylen, icx))
 			goto err_out;
 
-		if ((((FILE_NAME_ATTR *)icx->data)->file_attributes &
-				FILE_ATTR_REPARSE_POINT)
-		   && !ntfs_possible_symlink(ni)) {
-			errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
-			goto err_out;
-		}
-
 		ret = ntfs_index_rm(icx);
 		if (ret == STATUS_ERROR)
 			goto err_out;