Index: posixmodule.c
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--- posixmodule.c	(revision 83403)
+++ posixmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -8205,12 +8205,41 @@
     NULL
 };
 
+/*
+  Rather than check for the existence of the Symlink implementation when
+  os.symlink is called, instead omit it from the module at init time if it
+  is not going to be available
+*/
+void RemoveSymlinkIfNotImplemented()
+{
+#if !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(MS_WINDOWS)
+	int method_index = 0;
+	if(check_CreateSymbolicLinkW())
+	{
+		# we have symbolic links, so do nothing
+		return;
+	}
+	/* find the symlink method */
+	while(posix_methods[method_index].ml_func != (PyCFunction)win_symlink)
+	{
+		method_index++;
+	}
+	/* now shift the rest of the methods up one, overwriting symlink */
+	while(posix_methods[method_index] != NULL)
+	{
+		posix_methods[method_index] = posix_methods[method_index+1];
+	}
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(MS_WINDOWS) */
+}
 
+
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 INITFUNC(void)
 {
     PyObject *m, *v;
 
+	RemoveSymlinkIfNotImplemented();
+
     m = PyModule_Create(&posixmodule);
     if (m == NULL)
         return NULL;