diff --git a/lib/filters/filter-regex.c b/lib/filters/filter-regex.c
index ecc32914b..5f348674d 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter-regex.c
+++ b/lib/filters/filter-regex.c
@@ -253,48 +253,3 @@ struct dev_filter *regex_filter_create(const struct dm_config_value *patterns, i
 	dm_pool_destroy(mem);
 	return NULL;
 }
-
-static int _filter_contains_symlink(struct cmd_context *cmd, int filter_cfg)
-{
-	const struct dm_config_node *cn;
-	const struct dm_config_value *cv;
-	const char *fname;
-		
-	if ((cn = find_config_tree_array(cmd, filter_cfg, NULL))) {
-		for (cv = cn->v; cv; cv = cv->next) {
-			if (cv->type != DM_CFG_STRING)
-				continue;
-			if (!cv->v.str)
-				continue;
-			
-			fname = cv->v.str;
-		
-			if (fname[0] != 'a')
-				continue;
-	
-			if (strstr(fname, "/dev/disk/"))
-				return 1;
-			if (strstr(fname, "/dev/mapper/"))
-				return 1;
-		
-			/* In case /dev/disk/by was omitted */
-			if (strstr(fname, "lvm-pv-uuid"))
-				return 1;
-			if (strstr(fname, "dm-uuid"))
-				return 1;
-			if (strstr(fname, "wwn-"))
-				return 1;
-			if (strstr(fname, "pci-"))
-				return 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int regex_filter_contains_symlink(struct cmd_context *cmd)
-{
-	return _filter_contains_symlink(cmd, devices_filter_CFG) ||
-	       _filter_contains_symlink(cmd, devices_global_filter_CFG);
-}
-
diff --git a/lib/filters/filter.h b/lib/filters/filter.h
index 0678e5e11..4cdfa2c9b 100644
--- a/lib/filters/filter.h
+++ b/lib/filters/filter.h
@@ -64,6 +64,4 @@ struct dev_filter *usable_filter_create(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct dev_type
 #define DEV_FILTERED_DEVICES_LIST	0x00001000
 #define DEV_FILTERED_IS_LV		0x00002000
 
-int regex_filter_contains_symlink(struct cmd_context *cmd);
-
 #endif 	/* _LVM_FILTER_H */
diff --git a/lib/label/label.c b/lib/label/label.c
index 42d7b6709..c122a4ebb 100644
--- a/lib/label/label.c
+++ b/lib/label/label.c
@@ -1109,10 +1109,7 @@ int label_scan_vg_online(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vgname,
 	 * filter.  We get devs from the pvs_online files, so we inherit the
 	 * regex filtering from pvscan and don't have to do it ourself.
 	 */
-	if (!cmd->enable_devices_file &&
-	    !cmd->enable_devices_list &&
-	    regex_filter_contains_symlink(cmd))
-		cmd->filter_regex_skip = 1;
+	cmd->filter_regex_skip = 1;
 
 	cmd->filter_nodata_only = 1;
 
diff --git a/tools/pvscan.c b/tools/pvscan.c
index 8f60b2522..b834dfd4c 100644
--- a/tools/pvscan.c
+++ b/tools/pvscan.c
@@ -1502,8 +1502,7 @@ static int _pvscan_cache_args(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv,
 	 */
 	if ((dm_list_size(&pvscan_devs) == 1) &&
 	    !cmd->enable_devices_file &&
-	    !cmd->enable_devices_list &&
-	    regex_filter_contains_symlink(cmd)) {
+	    !cmd->enable_devices_list) {
 		char *env_str;
 		struct dm_list *env_aliases;
 		devl = dm_list_item(dm_list_first(&pvscan_devs), struct device_list);