diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
index 7725b67..2c62c26 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
@@ -82,19 +82,6 @@ int sharefs_getattr(const char *pathname, struct stat *statbuf, struct fuse_file
     return impl_getattr(ctx, statbuf);
 }
 
-int sharefs_readlink(const char *pathname, char *buf, size_t bufsiz) {
-    int res;
-    struct fuse_context *ctx;
-    struct sharefs_private *priv;
-    GET_CONTEXT_PRIV(ctx, priv);
-    MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME(pathname);
-
-    if ((res = readlinkat(priv->dirfd, pathname, buf, bufsiz - 1)) == -1)
-        return -errno;
-    buf[res] = '\0';
-    return 0;
-}
-
 int sharefs_readdir(const char *pathname, void *buf, fuse_fill_dir_t filler, off_t offset, struct fuse_file_info *fi, enum fuse_readdir_flags flags) {
     int fd;
     DIR *dp;
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
index fdcd1d5..869df6b 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct sharefs_private {
 };
 
 int sharefs_getattr(const char *pathname, struct stat *statbuf, struct fuse_file_info *fi);
-int sharefs_readlink(const char *pathname, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 int sharefs_readdir(const char *pathname, void *buf, fuse_fill_dir_t filler, off_t offset, struct fuse_file_info *fi, enum fuse_readdir_flags flags);
 int sharefs_mkdir(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
 int sharefs_unlink(const char *pathname);
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go b/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
index ac276dd..c9b24b2 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse.go
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ func _main(argc int, argv **C.char) int {
 
 		// implemented in fuse-helper.c
 		getattr:  closure(C.sharefs_getattr),
-		readlink: closure(C.sharefs_readlink),
 		readdir:  closure(C.sharefs_readdir),
 		mkdir:    closure(C.sharefs_mkdir),
 		unlink:   closure(C.sharefs_unlink),