diff --git a/crates/uv-fs/src/path.rs b/crates/uv-fs/src/path.rs
index db651278e84f..54941df43540 100644
--- a/crates/uv-fs/src/path.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-fs/src/path.rs
@@ -250,24 +250,6 @@ pub fn canonicalize_executable(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> std::io::Result<PathBu
     }
 }
 
-/// Resolve a symlink for an executable. Unlike `fs_err::canonicalize`, this does not resolve
-/// symlinks recursively.
-pub fn read_executable_link(executable: &Path) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>, std::io::Error> {
-    let Ok(link) = executable.read_link() else {
-        return Ok(None);
-    };
-    if link.is_absolute() {
-        Ok(Some(link))
-    } else {
-        executable
-            .parent()
-            .map(|parent| parent.join(link))
-            .as_deref()
-            .map(normalize_absolute_path)
-            .transpose()
-    }
-}
-
 /// Compute a path describing `path` relative to `base`.
 ///
 /// `lib/python/site-packages/foo/__init__.py` and `lib/python/site-packages` -> `foo/__init__.py`
diff --git a/crates/uv-python/src/interpreter.rs b/crates/uv-python/src/interpreter.rs
index c19031084d15..0f7f5a7616b6 100644
--- a/crates/uv-python/src/interpreter.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-python/src/interpreter.rs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ impl Interpreter {
     /// `python-build-standalone`; if it returns `false`, the interpreter is definitely _not_ from
     /// `python-build-standalone`.
     ///
-    /// See: https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/issues/382
+    /// See: <https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/issues/382>
     pub fn is_standalone(&self) -> bool {
         self.sysconfig_prefix()
             .is_some_and(|prefix| prefix == Path::new("/install"))