diff --git a/ports/linux/portdefs.h b/ports/linux/portdefs.h
index 3ac9466..97ddcb6 100644
--- a/ports/linux/portdefs.h
+++ b/ports/linux/portdefs.h
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@
 #define base_stat real_stat64
 #define base_fstatat(dirfd, path, buf, flags) real___fxstatat64(_STAT_VER, dirfd, path, buf, flags)
 #define PSEUDO_LINKPATH_SEPARATOR " "
-/* Linux NEVER follows symlinks for link(2)... except on old kernels
- * I don't care about.
- */
-#undef PSEUDO_LINK_SYMLINK_BEHAVIOR
-/* Note: 0, here, really means AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, but specifying that
- * causes errors; you have to leave it empty or specify AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW.
- */
-#define PSEUDO_LINK_SYMLINK_BEHAVIOR 0
-
 /* There were symbol changes that can cause the linker to request
  * newer versions of glibc, which causes problems occasionally on
  * older hosts if pseudo is built against a newer glibc and then
diff --git a/pseudo.h b/pseudo.h
index d83281c..13249bf 100644
--- a/pseudo.h
+++ b/pseudo.h
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ extern char *pseudo_version;
  * would ever do that? Well, Linux did, and possibly as a result, linkat()
  * does by default too; if you are on a host with the historical Unix
  * behavior of following symlinks to find the link target, you will want
- * to set this to AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW.
+ * to set this to AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW.  0 means not following them; it can't
+ * be AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, as linkat() rejects that flag.
  */
 #define PSEUDO_LINK_SYMLINK_BEHAVIOR 0