@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (

 	"sync"

 	"time"

+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"

 	"google.golang.org/grpc"

 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"

@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ func NewDaemon(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config, pluginStore *plugin.S

 	if err != nil {

 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to get the TempDir under %s: %s", config.Root, err)

 	}

-	realTmp, err := getRealPath(tmp)

+	realTmp, err := fileutils.ReadSymlinkedDirectory(tmp)

 	if err != nil {

 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to get the full path to the TempDir (%s): %s", tmp, err)

 	}

@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@ func CreateDaemonRoot(config *config.Config) error {

 	if _, err := os.Stat(config.Root); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {

 		realRoot = config.Root

 	} else {

-		realRoot, err = getRealPath(config.Root)

+		realRoot, err = fileutils.ReadSymlinkedDirectory(config.Root)

 		if err != nil {

 			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to get the full path to root (%s): %s", config.Root, err)

 		}

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (

 	"strings"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"

-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/resolvconf"

 	"github.com/pkg/errors"

@@ -123,10 +122,6 @@ func getCleanPatterns(id string) (regexps []*regexp.Regexp) {

 	return

 }

-func getRealPath(path string) (string, error) {

-	return fileutils.ReadSymlinkedDirectory(path)

-}

-

 func shouldUnmountRoot(root string, info *mount.Info) bool {

 	if !strings.HasSuffix(root, info.Root) {

 		return false

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (

 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/containerfs"

-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/idtools"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"

@@ -651,16 +650,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) setupSeccompProfile() error {

 	return nil

 }

-func getRealPath(path string) (string, error) {

-	if system.IsIoTCore() {

-		// Due to https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20506, path expansion

-		// does not work correctly on the default IoT Core configuration.

-		// TODO @darrenstahlmsft remove this once golang/go/20506 is fixed

-		return path, nil

-	}

-	return fileutils.ReadSymlinkedDirectory(path)

-}

-

 func (daemon *Daemon) loadRuntimes() error {

 	return nil

 }

@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ func IsWindowsClient() bool {

 // IsIoTCore returns true if the currently running image is based off of

 // Windows 10 IoT Core.

-// @engine maintainers - this function should not be removed or modified as it

-// is used to enforce licensing restrictions on Windows.

 func IsIoTCore() bool {

 	var returnedProductType uint32

 	r1, _, err := procGetProductInfo.Call(6, 1, 0, 0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&returnedProductType)))