diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index b0fe0526d..1e1de206c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ submodulePathInvalid=Invalid submodule path ''{0}''
 submoduleUrlInvalid=Invalid submodule URL ''{0}''
 submodulesNotSupported=Submodules are not supported
 supportOnlyPackIndexVersion2=Only support index version 2
-symlinkCannotBeWrittenAsTheLinkTarget=Symlink "{0}" cannot be written as the link target cannot be read from within Java.
 systemConfigFileInvalid=System wide config file {0} is invalid {1}
 tagAlreadyExists=tag ''{0}'' already exists
 tagNameInvalid=tag name {0} is invalid
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index 4479525dd..64d84fc27 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -732,7 +732,6 @@ public static JGitText get() {
 	/***/ public String submodulesNotSupported;
 	/***/ public String submoduleUrlInvalid;
 	/***/ public String supportOnlyPackIndexVersion2;
-	/***/ public String symlinkCannotBeWrittenAsTheLinkTarget;
 	/***/ public String systemConfigFileInvalid;
 	/***/ public String tagAlreadyExists;
 	/***/ public String tagNameInvalid;