diff --git a/src/basic/conf-files.c b/src/basic/conf-files.c
index 48fabc0442..0f736202e5 100644
--- a/src/basic/conf-files.c
+++ b/src/basic/conf-files.c
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ static int files_add(
                 if (!n)
                         return log_oom_debug();
 
-                if (FLAGS_SET(flags, CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME))
-                        free_and_replace(p, resolved_path);
-
                 r = hashmap_ensure_put(files, &string_hash_ops_free_free, n, p);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         assert(r == -ENOMEM);
diff --git a/src/basic/conf-files.h b/src/basic/conf-files.h
index 67489316b7..710e74c959 100644
--- a/src/basic/conf-files.h
+++ b/src/basic/conf-files.h
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ typedef enum ConfFilesFlags {
         CONF_FILES_REGULAR                  = 1 << 1,
         CONF_FILES_DIRECTORY                = 1 << 2,
         CONF_FILES_BASENAME                 = 1 << 3,
-        CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME           = 1 << 4, /* If set, also resolve symlink files in config directories. */
-        CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_SYMLINK = 1 << 5,
-        CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_EMPTY   = 1 << 6,
+        CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_SYMLINK = 1 << 4,
+        CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_EMPTY   = 1 << 5,
         CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED            = CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_SYMLINK | CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED_BY_EMPTY,
 } ConfFilesFlags;
 
diff --git a/src/test/test-conf-files.c b/src/test/test-conf-files.c
index 90b2f2f9b9..44106ef7a8 100644
--- a/src/test/test-conf-files.c
+++ b/src/test/test-conf-files.c
@@ -185,14 +185,6 @@ TEST(conf_files_list) {
                                                  strjoina(search3, "relative-non-empty.conf"))));
         result = strv_free(result);
 
-        ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, /* root = */ NULL, CONF_FILES_REGULAR | CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME, search3));
-        strv_print(result);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE(strjoina(t2, "/absolute-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/absolute-non-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/relative-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/relative-non-empty.real"))));
-        result = strv_free(result);
-
         ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, t, CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED, "/dir3/"));
         strv_print(result);
         ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE(strjoina(search3, "absolute-non-empty-for-root.conf"),
@@ -221,14 +213,6 @@ TEST(conf_files_list) {
                                                  strjoina(search3, "relative-non-empty-for-root.conf"))));
         result = strv_free(result);
 
-        ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, t, CONF_FILES_REGULAR | CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME, "/dir3/"));
-        strv_print(result);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE(strjoina(t, "/absolute-empty-for-root.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t, "/absolute-non-empty-for-root.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t, "/relative-empty-for-root.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t, "/relative-non-empty-for-root.real"))));
-        result = strv_free(result);
-
         ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list_at(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, AT_FDCWD, CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED, search3));
         strv_print(result);
         ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE(strjoina(search3, "absolute-non-empty.conf"),
@@ -257,14 +241,6 @@ TEST(conf_files_list) {
                                                  strjoina(search3, "relative-non-empty.conf"))));
         result = strv_free(result);
 
-        ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list_at(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, AT_FDCWD, CONF_FILES_REGULAR | CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME, search3));
-        strv_print(result);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE(strjoina(t2, "/absolute-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/absolute-non-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/relative-empty.real"),
-                                                 strjoina(t2, "/relative-non-empty.real"))));
-        result = strv_free(result);
-
         ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list_at(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, tfd, CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED, "/dir3/"));
         strv_print(result);
         ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE("dir3/absolute-non-empty-for-root.conf",
@@ -293,14 +269,6 @@ TEST(conf_files_list) {
                                                  "dir3/relative-non-empty-for-root.conf")));
         result = strv_free(result);
 
-        ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list_at(&result, /* suffix = */ NULL, tfd, CONF_FILES_REGULAR | CONF_FILES_CHASE_BASENAME, "/dir3/"));
-        strv_print(result);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(strv_equal(result, STRV_MAKE("absolute-empty-for-root.real",
-                                                 "absolute-non-empty-for-root.real",
-                                                 "relative-empty-for-root.real",
-                                                 "relative-non-empty-for-root.real")));
-        result = strv_free(result);
-
         /* filename only */
         ASSERT_OK(conf_files_list_strv(&result, ".conf", NULL, CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED | CONF_FILES_BASENAME, STRV_MAKE_CONST(search1, search2)));
         strv_print(result);