diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51478d5dbb..07880b2e36 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ New deprecations
      PKCS#11 token such as a smartcard.
 
 Bugfix
-   * Allow loading symlinked certificates. Fixes #3005. Reported and fixed
-     by Jonathan Bennett <JBennett@incomsystems.biz> via #3008.
    * Fix an unchecked call to mbedtls_md() in the x509write module.
    * Fix build failure with MBEDTLS_ZLIB_SUPPORT enabled. Reported by
      Jack Lloyd in #2859. Fix submitted by jiblime in #2963.
diff --git a/library/x509_crt.c b/library/x509_crt.c
index ca60011f7c..38e69cc550 100644
--- a/library/x509_crt.c
+++ b/library/x509_crt.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ cleanup:
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if( !( S_ISREG( sb.st_mode ) || S_ISLNK( sb.st_mode ) ) )
+        if( !S_ISREG( sb.st_mode ) )
             continue;
 
         // Ignore parse errors