diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index b809a2152c..4966213fde 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -8302,13 +8302,8 @@ do_pg_backup_start(const char *backupidstr, bool fast, TimeLineID *starttli_p,
 			 * we sometimes use allow_in_place_tablespaces to create
 			 * directories directly under pg_tblspc, which would fail below.
 			 */
-#ifdef WIN32
-			if (!pgwin32_is_junction(fullpath))
-				continue;
-#else
 			if (get_dirent_type(fullpath, de, false, ERROR) != PGFILETYPE_LNK)
 				continue;
-#endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_READLINK) || defined(WIN32)
 			rllen = readlink(fullpath, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath));