diff --git a/cmake/os/FreeBSD.cmake b/cmake/os/FreeBSD.cmake
index 9eccdd90c34..c15ae715241 100644
--- a/cmake/os/FreeBSD.cmake
+++ b/cmake/os/FreeBSD.cmake
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #   #Legacy option, maybe not needed anymore , taken as is from autotools build
 #   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DNET_RETRY_COUNT=1000000)
 
-# The below was used for really old versions of FreeBSD, roughly: before 5.1.9
-# ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_BROKEN_REALPATH)
-
 # Find libexecinfo (library that contains backtrace_symbols etc)
 SET(EXECINFO_ROOT /usr/local CACHE INTERNAL "Where to find execinfo library and header")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${EXECINFO_ROOT}/include)
diff --git a/mysys/my_symlink.c b/mysys/my_symlink.c
index 8238e501e7f..57d4e9749b4 100644
--- a/mysys/my_symlink.c
+++ b/mysys/my_symlink.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int my_is_symlink(const char *filename __attribute__((unused)))
 
 int my_realpath(char *to, const char *filename, myf MyFlags)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_REALPATH) && !defined(HAVE_BROKEN_REALPATH)
+#if defined(HAVE_REALPATH)
   int result=0;
   char buff[BUFF_LEN];
   char *ptr;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index eed6b31324b..9bf53982eb9 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -7781,7 +7781,7 @@ static int mysql_init_variables(void)
   /* Things reset to zero */
   opt_skip_slave_start= opt_reckless_slave = 0;
   mysql_home[0]= pidfile_name[0]= log_error_file[0]= 0;
-#if defined(HAVE_REALPATH) && !defined(HAVE_valgrind) && !defined(HAVE_BROKEN_REALPATH)
+#if defined(HAVE_REALPATH) && !defined(HAVE_valgrind)
   /*  We can only test for sub paths if my_symlink.c is using realpath */
   mysys_test_invalid_symlink= path_starts_from_data_home_dir;
 #endif
@@ -7882,6 +7882,8 @@ static int mysql_init_variables(void)
   lc_messages= (char*) "en_US";
   lc_time_names_name= (char*) "en_US";
   
+  have_symlink= SHOW_OPTION_YES;
+
   /* Variables that depends on compile options */
 #ifndef DBUG_OFF
   default_dbug_option=IF_WIN("d:t:i:O,\\mariadbd.trace",
@@ -7905,11 +7907,6 @@ static int mysql_init_variables(void)
 #else
   have_openssl= have_ssl= SHOW_OPTION_NO;
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_BROKEN_REALPATH
-  have_symlink=SHOW_OPTION_NO;
-#else
-  have_symlink=SHOW_OPTION_YES;
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
   have_dlopen=SHOW_OPTION_YES;
 #else
@@ -8669,7 +8666,7 @@ static int get_options(int *argc_ptr, char ***argv_ptr)
 
   global_system_variables.sql_mode=
     expand_sql_mode(global_system_variables.sql_mode);
-#if !defined(HAVE_REALPATH) || defined(HAVE_BROKEN_REALPATH)
+#if !defined(HAVE_REALPATH)
   my_use_symdir=0;
   my_disable_symlinks=1;
   have_symlink=SHOW_OPTION_NO;