Revert addition of use_links to build_lib

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/build_py.py b/setuptools/command/build_py.py
index a2a6fe2c..923a3232 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/build_py.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/build_py.py
@@ -40,17 +40,15 @@ class build_py(orig.build_py):
         if 'data_files' in self.__dict__:
             del self.__dict__['data_files']
         self.__updated_files = []
-        self.use_links = None
 
     def copy_file(self, infile, outfile, preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1,
                   link=None, level=1):
         # Overwrite base class to allow using links
-        link = getattr(self, "use_links", None) if link is None else link
         if link:
             infile = str(Path(infile).resolve())
             outfile = str(Path(outfile).resolve())
-        return super().copy_file(infile, outfile, preserve_mode,
-                                 preserve_times, link, level)
+        return super().copy_file(infile, outfile, preserve_mode, preserve_times,
+                                 link, level)
 
     def run(self):
         """Build modules, packages, and copy data files to build directory"""