Reverts #2454

src/util/fs.js

@@ -696,15 +696,7 @@ export async function symlink(src: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
     await fsSymlink(src, dest, 'junction');
   } else {
     // use relative paths otherwise which will be retained if the directory is moved
-    let relative;
-    try {
-      relative = path.relative(fs.realpathSync(path.dirname(dest)), fs.realpathSync(src));
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
-        throw err;
-      }
-      relative = path.relative(path.dirname(dest), src);
-    }
+    let relative = path.relative(path.dirname(dest), src);
     // When path.relative returns an empty string for the current directory, we should instead use
     // '.', which is a valid fs.symlink target.
     await fsSymlink(relative || '.', dest);