diff --git a/files/filewriter_unix.go b/files/filewriter_unix.go
index e762f2586..15312c8ec 100644
--- a/files/filewriter_unix.go
+++ b/files/filewriter_unix.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package files
 import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 )
 
 var invalidChars = `/` + "\x00"
@@ -15,5 +14,5 @@ func isValidFilename(filename string) bool {
 }
 
 func createNewFile(path string) (*os.File, error) {
-	return os.OpenFile(path, os.O_EXCL|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|syscall.O_NOFOLLOW, 0666)
+	return os.OpenFile(path, os.O_EXCL|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
 }