diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1f852078e7..6358bdcabc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16715,19 +16715,6 @@ esac
 
 fi
 
-ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "link" "ac_cv_func_link"
-if test "x$ac_cv_func_link" = xyes; then :
-  $as_echo "#define HAVE_LINK 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-else
-  case " $LIBOBJS " in
-  *" link.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
-  *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS link.$ac_objext"
- ;;
-esac
-
-fi
-
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "mkdtemp" "ac_cv_func_mkdtemp"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_mkdtemp" = xyes; then :
   $as_echo "#define HAVE_MKDTEMP 1" >>confdefs.h
@@ -17059,6 +17046,12 @@ esac
  ;;
 esac
 
+  case " $LIBOBJS " in
+  *" win32link.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
+  *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS win32link.$ac_objext"
+ ;;
+esac
+
   case " $LIBOBJS " in
   *" win32ntdll.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
   *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS win32ntdll.$ac_objext"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca0c65fbd9..3cf42d1ce4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1877,7 +1877,6 @@ AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(m4_normalize([
 	getopt
 	getpeereid
 	inet_aton
-	link
 	mkdtemp
 	pread
 	pwrite
@@ -1957,6 +1956,7 @@ if test "$PORTNAME" = "win32"; then
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32dlopen)
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32env)
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32error)
+  AC_LIBOBJ(win32link)
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32ntdll)
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32security)
   AC_LIBOBJ(win32setlocale)
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index 15e01efa06..beb42549c1 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `zstd' library (-lzstd). */
 #undef HAVE_LIBZSTD
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `link' function. */
-#undef HAVE_LINK
-
 /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `locale_t'. */
 #undef HAVE_LOCALE_T
 
diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index 7dad6caa63..a219a8b868 100644
--- a/src/include/port.h
+++ b/src/include/port.h
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ extern float pg_strtof(const char *nptr, char **endptr);
 #define strtof(a,b) (pg_strtof((a),(b)))
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_LINK
+#ifdef WIN32
+/* src/port/win32link.c */
 extern int	link(const char *src, const char *dst);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/port/link.c b/src/port/win32link.c
similarity index 92%
rename from src/port/link.c
rename to src/port/win32link.c
index 1e0ccd4648..0658479046 100644
--- a/src/port/link.c
+++ b/src/port/win32link.c
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * link.c
+ * win32link.c
  *
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2022, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  src/port/link.c
+ *	  src/port/win32link.c
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #include "c.h"
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-
 int
 link(const char *src, const char *dst)
 {
@@ -31,5 +29,3 @@ link(const char *src, const char *dst)
 	else
 		return 0;
 }
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index 266f98e2ed..1ffe6e66d5 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -103,13 +103,15 @@ sub mkvcbuild
 	  getpeereid.c getrusage.c inet_aton.c
 	  getaddrinfo.c gettimeofday.c inet_net_ntop.c kill.c open.c
 	  snprintf.c strlcat.c strlcpy.c dirmod.c noblock.c path.c
-	  dirent.c getopt.c getopt_long.c link.c
+	  dirent.c getopt.c getopt_long.c
 	  pread.c preadv.c pwrite.c pwritev.c pg_bitutils.c
 	  pg_strong_random.c pgcheckdir.c pgmkdirp.c pgsleep.c pgstrcasecmp.c
 	  pqsignal.c mkdtemp.c qsort.c qsort_arg.c bsearch_arg.c quotes.c system.c
 	  strerror.c tar.c
 	  win32dlopen.c
-	  win32env.c win32error.c win32ntdll.c
+	  win32env.c win32error.c
+	  win32link.c
+	  win32ntdll.c
 	  win32security.c win32setlocale.c win32stat.c);
 
 	push(@pgportfiles, 'strtof.c') if ($vsVersion < '14.00');
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index 71db5f60f8..7806ad67d0 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ sub GenerateFiles
 		HAVE_LIBXSLT                                => undef,
 		HAVE_LIBZ                   => $self->{options}->{zlib} ? 1 : undef,
 		HAVE_LIBZSTD                => undef,
-		HAVE_LINK                   => undef,
 		HAVE_LOCALE_T               => 1,
 		HAVE_LONG_INT_64            => undef,
 		HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT_64       => 1,