diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/SymlinkTreeStrategy.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/SymlinkTreeStrategy.java
index 4dba210..bd1c7a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/SymlinkTreeStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/SymlinkTreeStrategy.java
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.exec;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionExecutionContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionExecutionException;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.EnvironmentalExecException;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ExecException;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ExecutionStrategy;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.RunningActionEvent;
@@ -24,9 +22,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.SymlinkTreeActionContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.profiler.AutoProfiler;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.OutputService;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Path;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -57,25 +52,8 @@
             "running " + action.prettyPrint(), logger, /*minTimeForLoggingInMilliseconds=*/ 100)) {
       try {
         if (outputService != null && outputService.canCreateSymlinkTree()) {
-          Map<PathFragment, Path> symlinks = null;
-          if (action.getRunfiles() != null) {
-            try {
-              symlinks =
-                  Maps.transformValues(
-                      action
-                          .getRunfiles()
-                          .getRunfilesInputs(
-                              actionExecutionContext.getEventHandler(),
-                              action.getOwner().getLocation(),
-                              actionExecutionContext.getPathResolver()),
-                      (artifact) -> artifact.getPath());
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-              throw new EnvironmentalExecException(e);
-            }
-          }
           outputService.createSymlinkTree(
               actionExecutionContext.getInputPath(action.getInputManifest()),
-              symlinks,
               actionExecutionContext.getInputPath(action.getOutputManifest()),
               action.isFilesetTree(),
               action.getOutputManifest().getExecPath().getParentDirectory());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteOutputService.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteOutputService.java
index da925e6..c1157a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteOutputService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteOutputService.java
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@
 
   @Override
   public void createSymlinkTree(
-      Path inputManifest,
-      @Nullable Map<PathFragment, Path> symlinks,
-      Path outputManifest,
-      boolean filesetTree,
-      PathFragment symlinkTreeRoot) {
+      Path inputManifest, Path outputManifest, boolean filesetTree, PathFragment symlinkTreeRoot) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/OutputService.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/OutputService.java
index 8f604a5..1fa759f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/OutputService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/OutputService.java
@@ -120,20 +120,14 @@
    * Creates the symlink tree
    *
    * @param inputPath the input manifest
-   * @param symlinks the symlinks to create
    * @param outputPath the output manifest
    * @param filesetTree is true iff we're constructing a Fileset
    * @param symlinkTreeRoot the symlink tree root, relative to the execRoot
    * @throws ExecException on failure
    * @throws InterruptedException
    */
-  void createSymlinkTree(
-      Path inputPath,
-      @Nullable Map<PathFragment, Path> symlinks,
-      Path outputPath,
-      boolean filesetTree,
-      PathFragment symlinkTreeRoot)
-      throws ExecException, InterruptedException;
+  void createSymlinkTree(Path inputPath, Path outputPath, boolean filesetTree,
+      PathFragment symlinkTreeRoot) throws ExecException, InterruptedException;
 
   /**
    * Cleans the entire output tree.