diff --git a/docs/TODO.txt b/docs/TODO.txt
index 2901e21..cec1976 100644
--- a/docs/TODO.txt
+++ b/docs/TODO.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ From http://icculus.org/pipermail/physfs/2009-March/000698.html ...
 - Deprecate PHYSFS_setSaneConfig(). It really should have been in the extras
   directory.
 - Clean up the sources to match my ever-changing coding style. :)
-- Remove realpath() for The Hurd, etc.
 - Get current CD list from windows without blocking? Is it possible?
 
 
diff --git a/src/physfs.c b/src/physfs.c
index bfae0cb..595b437 100644
--- a/src/physfs.c
+++ b/src/physfs.c
@@ -1050,14 +1050,6 @@ static int freeDirHandle(DirHandle *dh, FileHandle *openList)
 static char *calculateUserDir(void)
 {
     char *retval = __PHYSFS_platformGetUserDir();
-    if (retval != NULL)
-    {
-        /* make sure it really exists and is normalized. */
-        char *ptr = __PHYSFS_platformRealPath(retval);
-        allocator.Free(retval);
-        retval = ptr;
-    } /* if */
-
     if (retval == NULL)
     {
         const char *dirsep = PHYSFS_getDirSeparator();
@@ -1174,8 +1166,6 @@ static void setDefaultAllocator(void);
 
 int PHYSFS_init(const char *argv0)
 {
-    char *ptr;
-
     BAIL_IF_MACRO(initialized, ERR_IS_INITIALIZED, 0);
 
     if (!externalAllocator)
@@ -1191,12 +1181,6 @@ int PHYSFS_init(const char *argv0)
     baseDir = calculateBaseDir(argv0);
     BAIL_IF_MACRO(baseDir == NULL, NULL, 0);
 
-    /* !!! FIXME: only call this if we got this from argv0 (unreliable). */
-    ptr = __PHYSFS_platformRealPath(baseDir);
-    allocator.Free(baseDir);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(ptr == NULL, NULL, 0);
-    baseDir = ptr;
-
     BAIL_IF_MACRO(!appendDirSep(&baseDir), NULL, 0);
 
     userDir = calculateUserDir();
diff --git a/src/physfs_internal.h b/src/physfs_internal.h
index ca472f8..2a7be6c 100644
--- a/src/physfs_internal.h
+++ b/src/physfs_internal.h
@@ -1304,19 +1304,6 @@ void __PHYSFS_platformEnumerateFiles(const char *dirname,
 char *__PHYSFS_platformCurrentDir(void);
 
 
-/*
- * Get the real physical path to a file. (path) is specified in
- *  platform-dependent notation, as should your return value be.
- *  All relative paths should be removed, leaving you with an absolute
- *  path. Symlinks should be resolved, too, so that the returned value is
- *  the most direct path to a file.
- * The return value will be deallocated with the standard C runtime free()
- *  function when the caller is done with it.
- * On error, return NULL and set the error message.
- */
-char *__PHYSFS_platformRealPath(const char *path);
-
-
 /*
  * Make a directory in the actual filesystem. (path) is specified in
  *  platform-dependent notation. On error, return zero and set the error
diff --git a/src/platform_beos.cpp b/src/platform_beos.cpp
index 0f454f6..45faa00 100644
--- a/src/platform_beos.cpp
+++ b/src/platform_beos.cpp
@@ -200,18 +200,6 @@ void *__PHYSFS_platformGetThreadID(void)
 } /* __PHYSFS_platformGetThreadID */
 
 
-char *__PHYSFS_platformRealPath(const char *path)
-{
-    BPath normalized(path, NULL, true);  /* force normalization of path. */
-    const char *resolved_path = normalized.Path();
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(resolved_path == NULL, ERR_NO_SUCH_FILE, NULL);
-    char *retval = (char *) allocator.Malloc(strlen(resolved_path) + 1);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(retval == NULL, ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NULL);
-    strcpy(retval, resolved_path);
-    return(retval);
-} /* __PHYSFS_platformRealPath */
-
-
 void *__PHYSFS_platformCreateMutex(void)
 {
     return(new BLocker("PhysicsFS lock", true));
diff --git a/src/platform_macosx.c b/src/platform_macosx.c
index 06cb8ab..ff818c2 100644
--- a/src/platform_macosx.c
+++ b/src/platform_macosx.c
@@ -288,32 +288,6 @@ char *__PHYSFS_platformCalcBaseDir(const char *argv0)
 } /* __PHYSFS_platformCalcBaseDir */
 
 
-/* !!! FIXME */
-#define osxerr(x) x
-
-char *__PHYSFS_platformRealPath(const char *path)
-{
-    /* The symlink and relative path resolving happens in FSPathMakeRef() */
-    FSRef fsref;
-    CFURLRef cfurl = NULL;
-    CFStringRef cfstr = NULL;
-    char *retval = NULL;
-    OSStatus rc = osxerr(FSPathMakeRef((UInt8 *) path, &fsref, NULL));
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(rc != noErr, NULL, NULL);
-
-    /* Now get it to spit out a full path. */
-    cfurl = CFURLCreateFromFSRef(cfallocator, &fsref);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(cfurl == NULL, ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NULL);
-    cfstr = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(cfurl, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
-    CFRelease(cfurl);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(cfstr == NULL, ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NULL);
-    retval = convertCFString(cfstr);
-    CFRelease(cfstr);
-
-    return retval;
-} /* __PHYSFS_platformRealPath */
-
-
 /* Platform allocator uses default CFAllocator at PHYSFS_init() time. */
 
 static CFAllocatorRef cfallocdef = NULL;
diff --git a/src/platform_unix.c b/src/platform_unix.c
index bd21292..4e65b61 100644
--- a/src/platform_unix.c
+++ b/src/platform_unix.c
@@ -290,21 +290,6 @@ char *__PHYSFS_platformCalcBaseDir(const char *argv0)
 } /* __PHYSFS_platformCalcBaseDir */
 
 
-char *__PHYSFS_platformRealPath(const char *path)
-{
-    char resolved_path[MAXPATHLEN];
-    char *retval = NULL;
-
-    errno = 0;
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(!realpath(path, resolved_path), strerror(errno), NULL);
-    retval = (char *) allocator.Malloc(strlen(resolved_path) + 1);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(retval == NULL, ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NULL);
-    strcpy(retval, resolved_path);
-
-    return retval;
-} /* __PHYSFS_platformRealPath */
-
-
 int __PHYSFS_platformSetDefaultAllocator(PHYSFS_Allocator *a)
 {
     return 0;  /* just use malloc() and friends. */
diff --git a/src/platform_windows.c b/src/platform_windows.c
index 8872723..57622e4 100644
--- a/src/platform_windows.c
+++ b/src/platform_windows.c
@@ -444,20 +444,6 @@ char *__PHYSFS_platformCurrentDir(void)
 } /* __PHYSFS_platformCurrentDir */
 
 
-/* this could probably use a cleanup. */
-char *__PHYSFS_platformRealPath(const char *path)
-{
-    /*
-     * At this point, we only use this for the user and base dir,
-     *  and we already know those are RealPath'd by the OS for us.
-     */
-    char *retval = (char *) allocator.Malloc(strlen(path) + 1);
-    BAIL_IF_MACRO(retval == NULL, ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, NULL);
-    strcpy(retval, path);
-    return retval;
-} /* __PHYSFS_platformRealPath */
-
-
 int __PHYSFS_platformMkDir(const char *path)
 {
     WCHAR *wpath;