diff --git a/fltk-config.in b/fltk-config.in
index e4d68bd83..d7dceea7e 100755
--- a/fltk-config.in
+++ b/fltk-config.in
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$PATCH_VERSION"
 APIVERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION"
 
 ### BEGIN fltk-config
-symlink=`readlink $0`
-if test -n "$symlink"; then
-	selfdir=`dirname $symlink`
-else
-	selfdir=`dirname $0`
-fi
+selfdir=`dirname $0`
 
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@