includes/file.inc |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git includes/file.inc includes/file.inc
index 187cc16..34ae509 100644
--- includes/file.inc
+++ includes/file.inc
@@ -1258,8 +1258,6 @@ function file_delete(stdClass $file, $force = FALSE) {
  * @see file_unmanaged_delete_recursive()
  */
 function file_unmanaged_delete($path) {
-  // Resolve streamwrapper URI to local path.
-  $path = drupal_realpath($path);
   if (is_dir($path)) {
     watchdog('file', '%path is a directory and cannot be removed using file_unmanaged_delete().', array('%path' => $path), LOG_ERR);
     return FALSE;
@@ -1301,8 +1299,6 @@ function file_unmanaged_delete($path) {
  * @see file_unmanaged_delete()
  */
 function file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($path) {
-  // Resolve streamwrapper URI to local path.
-  $path = drupal_realpath($path);
   if (is_dir($path)) {
     $dir = dir($path);
     while (($entry = $dir->read()) !== FALSE) {