diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 7d4a3fd69..7005c7562 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ Matthew Kuperus Heun
 Matthew Watson
 Matthew Yanos
 Matthias Bhend
-Michael Barker
 Michael Bayne
 Michael Clarke
 Michael Davey
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index ab6d0cdad..e5bfed371 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ Fixed bugs:
    an incorrect compression level for a zip entry. This is now fixed.
    Bugzilla Report 62686
 
- * A filesystem "loop" caused due to symbolic links could trigger an
-   out of memory error in the org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner
-   This has now been fixed.
-   Bugzilla Report 62849
-
 Other changes:
 --------------
  * generatekey task now supports SubjectAlternativeName during key
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index 88b7a8c1e..a62b1d477 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -1073,10 +1073,6 @@
     <first>Matthew</first>
     <last>Yanos</last>
   </name>
-  <name>
-    <first>Michael</first>
-    <last>Barker</last>
-  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Michael</first>
     <last>Bayne</last>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/core/directoryscanner.xml b/src/etc/testcases/core/directoryscanner.xml
index 71eb88bf7..7e8683a4a 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/core/directoryscanner.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/core/directoryscanner.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,4 @@
         <touch file="${output}/alpha/beta/gamma/gamma.xml"/>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="symlink-nested-setup" depends="setUp">
-        <symlink link="${output}/alpha/beta/gamma/beta-link" resource="${output}/alpha/beta"/>
-        <touch file="${output}/alpha/beta/gamma/gamma.xml"/>
-    </target>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
index 15caa4025..a0e7837e4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -1258,18 +1258,6 @@ public class DirectoryScanner
             final String name = vpath + newFile;
             final TokenizedPath newPath = new TokenizedPath(path, newFile);
             final File file = new File(dir, newFile);
-
-            try {
-                // check if it's a filesystem "loop" due to symbolic links
-                if (FileUtils.getFileUtils().isLeadingPath(file.getAbsoluteFile(),
-                    dir.getAbsoluteFile(), true)) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                System.err.println("Failed to determine if " + file + " causes a " +
-                        "filesystem loop due to symbolic link; continuing");
-            }
-
             final String[] children = file.list();
             if (children == null || (children.length == 0 && file.isFile())) {
                 if (isIncluded(newPath)) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
index fdddbbf2d..f887695b1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -772,19 +771,7 @@ public class Delete extends MatchingTask {
         }
         for (String s : list) {
             File f = new File(d, s);
-
-            boolean isFsLoop = false;
-
-            try {
-                isFsLoop = SYMLINK_UTILS.isSymbolicLink(f) &&
-                    FileUtils.getFileUtils().isLeadingPath(f.getAbsoluteFile(),
-                        d.getAbsoluteFile(), true);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log("Failed to check if " + f + " causes a filesystem loop due to " +
-                        "symbolic link; continuing");
-            }
-
-            if (f.isDirectory() && !isFsLoop) {
+            if (f.isDirectory()) {
                 removeDir(f);
             } else {
                 log("Deleting " + f.getAbsolutePath(), quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScannerTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScannerTest.java
index 2abd94f31..819d4e50e 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScannerTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScannerTest.java
@@ -132,20 +132,6 @@ public class DirectoryScannerTest {
                 new String[] {"alpha/beta/gamma"});
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testAllowRecursiveSymlinks() {
-
-        assumeTrue("Current system does not support Symlinks", supportsSymlinks);
-
-        buildRule.getProject().executeTarget("symlink-nested-setup");
-        DirectoryScanner ds = new DirectoryScanner();
-        ds.setBasedir(new File(buildRule.getProject().getProperty("output")));
-        ds.setIncludes(new String[] {"alpha/beta/gamma/"});
-        ds.scan();
-        compareFiles(ds, new String[] {"alpha/beta/gamma/gamma.xml"},
-            new String[] {"alpha/beta/gamma"});
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testProhibitSymlinks() {
         assumeTrue("Current system does not support Symlinks", supportsSymlinks);