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diff --git a/Lib/test/symlink_support.py b/Lib/test/symlink_support.py
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--- a/Lib/test/symlink_support.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import unittest
-import platform
-
-from test.test_support import TESTFN
-
-def can_symlink():
-    # cache the result in can_symlink.prev_val
-    prev_val = getattr(can_symlink, 'prev_val', None)
-    if prev_val is not None:
-        return prev_val
-    symlink_path = TESTFN + "can_symlink"
-    try:
-        symlink(TESTFN, symlink_path)
-        can = True
-    except (OSError, NotImplementedError, AttributeError):
-        can = False
-    else:
-        os.remove(symlink_path)
-    can_symlink.prev_val = can
-    return can
-
-def skip_unless_symlink(test):
-    """Skip decorator for tests that require functional symlink"""
-    ok = can_symlink()
-    msg = "Requires functional symlink implementation"
-    return test if ok else unittest.skip(msg)(test)
-
-def _symlink_win32(target, link, target_is_directory=False):
-    """
-    Ctypes symlink implementation since Python doesn't support
-    symlinks in windows yet. Borrowed from jaraco.windows project.
-    """
-    import ctypes.wintypes
-    CreateSymbolicLink = ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW
-    CreateSymbolicLink.argtypes = (
-        ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR,
-        ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR,
-        ctypes.wintypes.DWORD,
-        )
-    CreateSymbolicLink.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOLEAN
-
-    def format_system_message(errno):
-        """
-        Call FormatMessage with a system error number to retrieve
-        the descriptive error message.
-        """
-        # first some flags used by FormatMessageW
-        ALLOCATE_BUFFER = 0x100
-        ARGUMENT_ARRAY = 0x2000
-        FROM_HMODULE = 0x800
-        FROM_STRING = 0x400
-        FROM_SYSTEM = 0x1000
-        IGNORE_INSERTS = 0x200
-
-        # Let FormatMessageW allocate the buffer (we'll free it below)
-        # Also, let it know we want a system error message.
-        flags = ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FROM_SYSTEM
-        source = None
-        message_id = errno
-        language_id = 0
-        result_buffer = ctypes.wintypes.LPWSTR()
-        buffer_size = 0
-        arguments = None
-        bytes = ctypes.windll.kernel32.FormatMessageW(
-            flags,
-            source,
-            message_id,
-            language_id,
-            ctypes.byref(result_buffer),
-            buffer_size,
-            arguments,
-            )
-        # note the following will cause an infinite loop if GetLastError
-        #  repeatedly returns an error that cannot be formatted, although
-        #  this should not happen.
-        handle_nonzero_success(bytes)
-        message = result_buffer.value
-        ctypes.windll.kernel32.LocalFree(result_buffer)
-        return message
-
-    def handle_nonzero_success(result):
-        if result == 0:
-            value = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetLastError()
-            strerror = format_system_message(value)
-            raise WindowsError(value, strerror)
-
-    target_is_directory = target_is_directory or os.path.isdir(target)
-    handle_nonzero_success(CreateSymbolicLink(link, target, target_is_directory))
-
-symlink = os.symlink if hasattr(os, 'symlink') else (
-    _symlink_win32 if platform.system() == 'Windows' else None
-)
-
-def remove_symlink(name):
-    # On Windows, to remove a directory symlink, one must use rmdir
-    try:
-        os.rmdir(name)
-    except OSError:
-        os.remove(name)