4 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 95c7154110b3..d81bf40c73da 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ bool LocalStore::isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
         && state.tempRoots.find(string(path, 0, path.size() - suffix.size())) != state.tempRoots.end();
 }
 
-    
+
 bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
@@ -514,16 +514,6 @@ bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
             throw GCLimitReached();
         }
 
-        if (state.options.maxLinks) {
-            struct stat st;
-            if (stat(nixStore.c_str(), &st) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % nixStore);
-            if (st.st_nlink < state.options.maxLinks) {
-                printMsg(lvlInfo, format("link count on the store has dropped below %1%; stopping") % state.options.maxLinks);
-                throw GCLimitReached();
-            }
-        }
-        
     } else
         printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("would delete `%1%'") % path);
     
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index c77a12870513..0b8fa36f6df4 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void RemoteStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
     writeStrings(options.pathsToDelete, to);
     writeInt(options.ignoreLiveness, to);
     writeLongLong(options.maxFreed, to);
-    writeInt(options.maxLinks, to);
+    writeInt(0, to);
     if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 5) {
         /* removed options */
         writeInt(0, to);
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 36ade2170876..19bc048abd02 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ GCOptions::GCOptions()
     action = gcDeleteDead;
     ignoreLiveness = false;
     maxFreed = 0;
-    maxLinks = 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 61bcaf50507f..a62a648168f9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ struct GCOptions
        no limit. */
     unsigned long long maxFreed;
 
-    /* Stop after the number of hard links to the Nix store directory
-       has dropped below `maxLinks'. */
-    unsigned int maxLinks;
-
     GCOptions();
 };