diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
index 526e82e388..f260b484fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablespace.c
@@ -792,8 +792,7 @@ destroy_tablespace_directories(Oid tablespaceoid, bool redo)
 	/*
 	 * Try to remove the symlink.  We must however deal with the possibility
 	 * that it's a directory instead of a symlink --- this could happen during
-	 * WAL replay (see TablespaceCreateDbspace), and it is also the case on
-	 * Windows where junction points lstat() as directories.
+	 * WAL replay (see TablespaceCreateDbspace).
 	 *
 	 * Note: in the redo case, we'll return true if this final step fails;
 	 * there's no point in retrying it.  Also, ENOENT should provoke no more
@@ -823,7 +822,6 @@ remove_symlink:
 							linkloc)));
 		}
 	}
-#ifdef S_ISLNK
 	else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 	{
 		if (unlink(linkloc) < 0)
@@ -836,7 +834,6 @@ remove_symlink:
 							linkloc)));
 		}
 	}
-#endif
 	else
 	{
 		/* Refuse to remove anything that's not a directory or symlink */
@@ -914,7 +911,6 @@ remove_tablespace_symlink(const char *linkloc)
 					 errmsg("could not remove directory \"%s\": %m",
 							linkloc)));
 	}
-#ifdef S_ISLNK
 	else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 	{
 		if (unlink(linkloc) < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
@@ -923,7 +919,6 @@ remove_tablespace_symlink(const char *linkloc)
 					 errmsg("could not remove symbolic link \"%s\": %m",
 							linkloc)));
 	}
-#endif
 	else
 	{
 		/* Refuse to remove anything that's not a directory or symlink */
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index 5e457f9be9..deeddd09a9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -1322,13 +1322,7 @@ sendDir(bbsink *sink, const char *path, int basepathlen, bool sizeonly,
 		}
 
 		/* Allow symbolic links in pg_tblspc only */
-		if (strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0 &&
-#ifndef WIN32
-			S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)
-#else
-			pgwin32_is_junction(pathbuf)
-#endif
-			)
+		if (strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0 && S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode))
 		{
 			char		linkpath[MAXPGPATH];
 			int			rllen;
@@ -1798,11 +1792,7 @@ static void
 convert_link_to_directory(const char *pathbuf, struct stat *statbuf)
 {
 	/* If symlink, write it as a directory anyway */
-#ifndef WIN32
 	if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode))
-#else
-	if (pgwin32_is_junction(pathbuf))
-#endif
 		statbuf->st_mode = S_IFDIR | pg_dir_create_mode;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
index ccb540d617..efb34d4dcb 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
@@ -3365,7 +3365,6 @@ SyncDataDirectory(void)
 	 */
 	xlog_is_symlink = false;
 
-#ifndef WIN32
 	{
 		struct stat st;
 
@@ -3377,10 +3376,6 @@ SyncDataDirectory(void)
 		else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 			xlog_is_symlink = true;
 	}
-#else
-	if (pgwin32_is_junction("pg_wal"))
-		xlog_is_symlink = true;
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYNCFS
 	if (recovery_init_sync_method == RECOVERY_INIT_SYNC_METHOD_SYNCFS)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
index af0d924459..d35b5d1f4f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	char		sourcepath[MAXPGPATH];
 	char		targetpath[MAXPGPATH];
 	int			rllen;
-#ifndef WIN32
 	struct stat st;
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * It's useful to apply this function to pg_class.reltablespace, wherein
@@ -314,10 +312,6 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * created with allow_in_place_tablespaces enabled.  If a directory is
 	 * found, a relative path to the data directory is returned.
 	 */
-#ifdef WIN32
-	if (!pgwin32_is_junction(sourcepath))
-		PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(sourcepath));
-#else
 	if (lstat(sourcepath, &st) < 0)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR,
@@ -328,7 +322,6 @@ pg_tablespace_location(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 		PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(sourcepath));
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * In presence of a link or a junction point, return the path pointing to.
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c b/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
index dc20122c89..324ccf7783 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
@@ -384,11 +384,7 @@ scan_directory(const char *basedir, const char *subdir, bool sizeonly)
 			if (!sizeonly)
 				scan_file(fn, segmentno);
 		}
-#ifndef WIN32
 		else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
-#else
-		else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || pgwin32_is_junction(fn))
-#endif
 		{
 			/*
 			 * If going through the entries of pg_tblspc, we assume to operate
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/file_ops.c b/src/bin/pg_rewind/file_ops.c
index 5e6d8b89c4..db190bcba7 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/file_ops.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/file_ops.c
@@ -431,11 +431,7 @@ recurse_dir(const char *datadir, const char *parentpath,
 			/* recurse to handle subdirectories */
 			recurse_dir(datadir, path, callback);
 		}
-#ifndef WIN32
 		else if (S_ISLNK(fst.st_mode))
-#else
-		else if (pgwin32_is_junction(fullpath))
-#endif
 		{
 			char		link_target[MAXPGPATH];
 			int			len;
diff --git a/src/common/file_utils.c b/src/common/file_utils.c
index 966b987d64..df4d6d240c 100644
--- a/src/common/file_utils.c
+++ b/src/common/file_utils.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ fsync_pgdata(const char *pg_data,
 	 */
 	xlog_is_symlink = false;
 
-#ifndef WIN32
 	{
 		struct stat st;
 
@@ -88,10 +87,6 @@ fsync_pgdata(const char *pg_data,
 		else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 			xlog_is_symlink = true;
 	}
-#else
-	if (pgwin32_is_junction(pg_wal))
-		xlog_is_symlink = true;
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * If possible, hint to the kernel that we're soon going to fsync the data
@@ -459,27 +454,9 @@ get_dirent_type(const char *path,
 			result = PGFILETYPE_REG;
 		else if (S_ISDIR(fst.st_mode))
 			result = PGFILETYPE_DIR;
-#ifdef S_ISLNK
 		else if (S_ISLNK(fst.st_mode))
 			result = PGFILETYPE_LNK;
-#endif
 	}
 
-#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
-
-	/*
-	 * If we're on native Windows (not Cygwin, which has its own POSIX
-	 * symlinks), but not using the MSVC compiler, then we're using a
-	 * readdir() emulation provided by the MinGW runtime that has no d_type.
-	 * Since the lstat() fallback code reports junction points as directories,
-	 * we need an extra system call to check if we should report them as
-	 * symlinks instead, following our convention.
-	 */
-	if (result == PGFILETYPE_DIR &&
-		!look_through_symlinks &&
-		pgwin32_is_junction(path))
-		result = PGFILETYPE_LNK;
-#endif
-
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index 14b640fe33..feb2ae840d 100644
--- a/src/include/port.h
+++ b/src/include/port.h
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ extern int	pgunlink(const char *path);
 #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 extern int	pgsymlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 extern int	pgreadlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t size);
-extern bool pgwin32_is_junction(const char *path);
 
 #define symlink(oldpath, newpath)	pgsymlink(oldpath, newpath)
 #define readlink(path, buf, size)	pgreadlink(path, buf, size)
diff --git a/src/include/port/win32_port.h b/src/include/port/win32_port.h
index c27b34de5b..a65996cce5 100644
--- a/src/include/port/win32_port.h
+++ b/src/include/port/win32_port.h
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ int			setitimer(int which, const struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *oval
  */
 extern int	pgsymlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 extern int	pgreadlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t size);
-extern bool pgwin32_is_junction(const char *path);
 
 #define symlink(oldpath, newpath)	pgsymlink(oldpath, newpath)
 #define readlink(path, buf, size)	pgreadlink(path, buf, size)
diff --git a/src/port/dirmod.c b/src/port/dirmod.c
index ea191e99c6..2818bfd2e9 100644
--- a/src/port/dirmod.c
+++ b/src/port/dirmod.c
@@ -362,20 +362,4 @@ pgreadlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t size)
 	return r;
 }
 
-/*
- * Assumes the file exists, so will return false if it doesn't
- * (since a nonexistent file is not a junction)
- */
-bool
-pgwin32_is_junction(const char *path)
-{
-	DWORD		attr = GetFileAttributes(path);
-
-	if (attr == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
-	{
-		_dosmaperr(GetLastError());
-		return false;
-	}
-	return ((attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT);
-}
 #endif							/* defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) */