diff --git forkSrcPrefix/file.c forkDstPrefix/file.c
index 3a8439ef077b8a785f8e183d70f2ca8fa9ecefba..77d6ade2796c5117ef3e52a1d195976f1edf7d15 100644
--- forkSrcPrefix/file.c
+++ forkDstPrefix/file.c
@@ -4278,7 +4278,7 @@ realpath_rec(long *prefixlenp, VALUE *resolvedp, const char *unresolved, VALUE f
             else {
                 struct stat sbuf;
                 int ret;
-                ret = lstat_without_gvl(RSTRING_PTR(testpath), &sbuf);
+                ret = 0;
                 if (ret == -1) {
                     int e = errno;
                     if (e == ENOENT && !NIL_P(fallback)) {
@@ -4299,7 +4299,7 @@ realpath_rec(long *prefixlenp, VALUE *resolvedp, const char *unresolved, VALUE f
                     }
                 }
 #ifdef HAVE_READLINK
-                if (S_ISLNK(sbuf.st_mode)) {
+                 if (false) {
                     VALUE link;
                     VALUE link_orig = Qnil;
                     const char *link_prefix, *link_names;