diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/ArchiveExtractor.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/ArchiveExtractor.java
index c3b6551f4..a71370300 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/ArchiveExtractor.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/utils/ArchiveExtractor.java
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ public class ArchiveExtractor {
             System.err.println(I18n.format(_("Warning: file {0} links to an absolute path {1}, changing it to {2}"), outputFile, outputLinkedFile, new File(outputLinkedFile.getName())));
             System.err.println();
             outputLinkedFile = new File(outputLinkedFile.getName());
-          } else {
-            outputLinkedFile = new File(outputFile.getParent(), linkName);
           }
         }