diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
index 3d4d557..d68e54b 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild.sh
+++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
@@ -373,18 +373,6 @@
 				local cwd_dest=${x##*/}
 				cwd_dest=${cwd_dest%.*}
 				$1 -c -- "${srcdir}${x}" > "${cwd_dest}" || die "$myfail"
-				case "$EAPI" in
-					0|1|2|3|4|4-python)
-						# If the source file is in a writable directory then
-						# create a symlink for backward-compatible emulation
-						# of tools like gunzip and bunzip2 (see bug #376741).
-						if [[ ! -e ${x%.*} && -w ${x%/*} ]] && \
-							[[ ${x} == "${PORTAGE_BUILDDIR}/"* ||
-							${x} == ./* || ${x} != /* ]] ; then
-							ln -snf "${PWD}/${cwd_dest}" "${x%.*}"
-						fi
-						;;
-				esac
 			fi
 		}