diff --git a/apache/apache-lib.pl b/apache/apache-lib.pl
index 9f122dae2..e4fa8d4f5 100755
--- a/apache/apache-lib.pl
+++ b/apache/apache-lib.pl
@@ -1844,7 +1844,8 @@ if ($config{'link_dir'}) {
 	opendir(LINKDIR, $config{'link_dir'});
 	foreach my $f (readdir(LINKDIR)) {
 		if ($f ne "." && $f ne ".." &&
-		    (&resolve_links($config{'link_dir'}."/".$f) eq $file ||
+		    (&simpify_path(
+		       &resolve_links($config{'link_dir'}."/".$f)) eq $file ||
 		     $short eq $f)) {
 			&unlink_logged($config{'link_dir'}."/".$f);
 			}