diff --git a/_testdata/src/gosimple b/_testdata/src/gosimple
deleted file mode 120000
index 8fd32466da..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/gosimple
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-simple
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/broken b/_testdata/src/symlinks/broken
deleted file mode 120000
index d5bcc42007..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/broken
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nodest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/bar b/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/bar
deleted file mode 120000
index b49d704a85..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/bar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../pkg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/foo.go b/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/foo.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bebff84371..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foo/foo.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package foo
-
-import "github.com/sdboyer/gps"
-
-var (
-	_ = gps.Solve
-)
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foobar b/_testdata/src/symlinks/foobar
deleted file mode 120000
index 337ca42526..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/foobar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foo/bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/gopkg b/_testdata/src/symlinks/gopkg
deleted file mode 120000
index 0c6117d9fb..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/gopkg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pkg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/bar b/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/bar
deleted file mode 120000
index ba0e162e1c..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/bar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/gopkg.go b/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/gopkg.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f275b838af..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/pkg/gopkg.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package gopkg
-
-const (
-	foo = "foo"
-)
diff --git a/_testdata/src/symlinks/symlinks.go b/_testdata/src/symlinks/symlinks.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 02ffc6115f..0000000000
--- a/_testdata/src/symlinks/symlinks.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package symlinks
-
-import (
-	gopkg "symlinks/gopkg"
-
-	"github.com/sdboyer/gps"
-)
-
-var (
-	_ = gps.Solve
-	_ = gopkg.foo
-)
diff --git a/analysis.go b/analysis.go
index 9b007ea2fa..e5f0fe3cec 100644
--- a/analysis.go
+++ b/analysis.go
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ func ListPackages(fileRoot, importRoot string) (PackageTree, error) {
 		if err != nil && err != filepath.SkipDir {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		// Read the destination of named symbolic link
-		if fi, err := readSymlink(wp, fileRoot, fi); err != nil {
-			return nil
-		} else if !fi.IsDir() {
+		if !fi.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -199,32 +195,6 @@ func ListPackages(fileRoot, importRoot string) (PackageTree, error) {
 	return ptree, nil
 }
 
-func readSymlink(wp, fileRoot string, fi os.FileInfo) (os.FileInfo, error) {
-	// read only symlink dir
-	if fi.IsDir() || fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
-		return fi, nil
-	}
-
-	dst, err := os.Readlink(wp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fi, err
-	}
-
-	// All absolute symlinks are disqualified; if one is encountered, it should be skipped.
-	if filepath.IsAbs(dst) {
-		return fi, nil
-	}
-
-	// Relative symlinks pointing to somewhere outside of the root (via ..) should also be skipped.
-	dst, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(wp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fi, nil
-	} else if !strings.HasPrefix(dst, fileRoot) {
-		return fi, nil
-	}
-	return os.Lstat(dst)
-}
-
 // fillPackage full of info. Assumes p.Dir is set at a minimum
 func fillPackage(p *build.Package) error {
 	var buildPrefix = "// +build "
diff --git a/analysis_test.go b/analysis_test.go
index 706ff7aa37..47adb6a745 100644
--- a/analysis_test.go
+++ b/analysis_test.go
@@ -466,13 +466,12 @@ func TestListPackages(t *testing.T) {
 		return filepath.Join(srcdir, filepath.Join(s...))
 	}
 
-	type tc struct {
+	table := map[string]struct {
 		fileRoot   string
 		importRoot string
 		out        PackageTree
 		err        error
-	}
-	table := map[string]tc{
+	}{
 		"empty": {
 			fileRoot:   j("empty"),
 			importRoot: "empty",
@@ -1235,62 +1234,6 @@ func TestListPackages(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-		table["follow_symlink"] = tc{
-			fileRoot:   j("gosimple"),
-			importRoot: "gosimple",
-			out: PackageTree{
-				ImportRoot: "gosimple",
-				Packages:   map[string]PackageOrErr{},
-			},
-		}
-		table["follow symlinks inside of package"] = tc{
-			fileRoot:   j("symlinks"),
-			importRoot: "symlinks",
-			out: PackageTree{
-				ImportRoot: "symlinks",
-				Packages: map[string]PackageOrErr{
-					"symlinks/gopkg": {
-						P: Package{
-							ImportPath:  "symlinks/gopkg",
-							CommentPath: "",
-							Name:        "gopkg",
-							Imports:     []string{},
-						},
-					},
-					"symlinks/pkg": {
-						P: Package{
-							ImportPath:  "symlinks/pkg",
-							CommentPath: "",
-							Name:        "gopkg",
-							Imports:     []string{},
-						},
-					},
-					"symlinks": {
-						P: Package{
-							ImportPath:  "symlinks",
-							CommentPath: "",
-							Name:        "symlinks",
-							Imports: []string{
-								"github.com/sdboyer/gps",
-								"symlinks/gopkg",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					"symlinks/foo": {
-						P: Package{
-							ImportPath:  "symlinks/foo",
-							CommentPath: "",
-							Name:        "foo",
-							Imports: []string{
-								"github.com/sdboyer/gps",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-	}
 
 	for name, fix := range table {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(fix.fileRoot); err != nil {
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 84e08b383b..8be1609360 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ dependencies:
     - wget https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases/download/0.10.1/glide-0.10.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
     - tar -vxz -C $HOME/bin --strip=1 -f glide-0.10.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   override:
-    - mkdir -p $HOME/.go_workspace/src
     - glide --home $HOME/.glide -y glide.yaml install --cache
     - mkdir -p $RD
     - rsync -azC --delete ./ $RD