diff --git a/src/H5Gint.c b/src/H5Gint.c
index 1a9b3351435..8607c3b1212 100644
--- a/src/H5Gint.c
+++ b/src/H5Gint.c
@@ -977,15 +977,13 @@ H5G__visit_cb(const H5O_link_t *lnk, void *_udata)
         /* Check if we've seen the object the link references before */
         if (NULL == H5SL_search(udata->visited, &obj_pos)) {
             H5O_type_t otype; /* Basic object type (group, dataset, etc.) */
-            unsigned   rc;    /* Reference count of object    */
 
             /* Get the object's reference count and type */
-            if (H5O_get_rc_and_type(&obj_oloc, &rc, &otype) < 0)
+            if (H5O_get_rc_and_type(&obj_oloc, NULL, &otype) < 0)
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTGET, H5_ITER_ERROR, "unable to get object info");
 
-            /* If its ref count is > 1, we add it to the list of visited objects */
-            /* (because it could come up again during traversal) */
-            if (rc > 1) {
+            /* Add it to the list of visited objects */
+            {
                 H5_obj_t *new_node; /* New object node for visited list */
 
                 /* Allocate new object "position" node */
@@ -999,7 +997,7 @@ H5G__visit_cb(const H5O_link_t *lnk, void *_udata)
                 if (H5SL_insert(udata->visited, new_node, new_node) < 0)
                     HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTINSERT, H5_ITER_ERROR,
                                 "can't insert object node into visited list");
-            } /* end if */
+            }
 
             /* If it's a group, we recurse into it */
             if (otype == H5O_TYPE_GROUP) {
@@ -1094,7 +1092,6 @@ H5G_visit(H5G_loc_t *loc, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_o
     hid_t               gid = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* Group ID */
     H5G_t              *grp = NULL;            /* Group opened */
     H5G_loc_t           start_loc;             /* Location of starting group */
-    unsigned            rc;                    /* Reference count of object    */
     herr_t              ret_value = FAIL;      /* Return value */
 
     /* Portably clear udata struct (before FUNC_ENTER) */
@@ -1136,13 +1133,8 @@ H5G_visit(H5G_loc_t *loc, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_o
     if ((udata.visited = H5SL_create(H5SL_TYPE_OBJ, NULL)) == NULL)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTCREATE, FAIL, "can't create skip list for visited objects");
 
-    /* Get the group's reference count */
-    if (H5O_get_rc_and_type(&grp->oloc, &rc, NULL) < 0)
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "unable to get object info");
-
-    /* If its ref count is > 1, we add it to the list of visited objects */
-    /* (because it could come up again during traversal) */
-    if (rc > 1) {
+    /* Add it to the list of visited objects */
+    {
         H5_obj_t *obj_pos; /* New object node for visited list */
 
         /* Allocate new object "position" node */
@@ -1156,7 +1148,7 @@ H5G_visit(H5G_loc_t *loc, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_o
         /* Add to list of visited objects */
         if (H5SL_insert(udata.visited, obj_pos, obj_pos) < 0)
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTINSERT, FAIL, "can't insert object node into visited list");
-    } /* end if */
+    }
 
     /* Attempt to get the link info for this group */
     if ((linfo_exists = H5G__obj_get_linfo(&(grp->oloc), &linfo)) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_ddl.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_ddl.c
index 8a02a496bfa..adc8585ac38 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_ddl.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_ddl.c
@@ -853,10 +853,7 @@ dump_group(hid_t gid, const char *name)
 
     H5Oget_info3(gid, &oinfo, H5O_INFO_BASIC);
 
-    /* Must check for uniqueness of all objects if we've traversed an elink,
-     * otherwise only check if the reference count > 1.
-     */
-    if (oinfo.rc > 1 || hit_elink) {
+    {
         obj_t *found_obj; /* Found object */
 
         found_obj = search_obj(group_table, &oinfo.token);
@@ -880,10 +877,6 @@ dump_group(hid_t gid, const char *name)
             link_iteration(gid, crt_order_flags);
         }
     }
-    else {
-        attr_iteration(gid, attr_crt_order_flags);
-        link_iteration(gid, crt_order_flags);
-    }
 
     dump_indent -= COL;
     ctx.indent_level--;
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tgroup-2.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tgroup-2.ddl
index 2ac8ac6ef5b..5374742a73a 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tgroup-2.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tgroup-2.ddl
@@ -17,14 +17,7 @@ GROUP "/" {
       }
    }
    GROUP "g2" {
-      GROUP "g2.1" {
-         GROUP "g2.1.1" {
-         }
-         GROUP "g2.1.2" {
-         }
-         GROUP "g2.1.3" {
-         }
-      }
+      HARDLINK "/g2"
    }
    GROUP "g3" {
       GROUP "g3.1" {