--- a/lsyncd.c
+++ b/lsyncd.c
@@ -171,19 +171,7 @@
 get_realpath( const char * rpath )
 {
 	// uses c-library to get the absolute path
-#ifdef __GLIBC__
-	// in case of GLIBC the task is easy.
 	return realpath( rpath, NULL );
-#else
-#	warning having to use old style realpath()
-	// otherwise less so and requires PATH_MAX limit
-	char buf[ PATH_MAX] ;
-	char *asw = realpath( rpath, buf );
-	if( !asw )
-		{ return NULL; }
-
-	return s_strdup( asw );
-#endif
 }
 
 
