diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParams.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParams.java
index 9d3321bd10fd6b..ec9dcde9b5049d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParams.java
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import com.google.auto.value.extension.memoized.Memoized;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact.ArtifactExpander;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.events.EventHandler;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec.Instantiator;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.Fingerprint;
@@ -27,10 +24,8 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Root;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.RootedPath;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import net.starlark.java.syntax.Location;
 
 /**
  * Parameters of a filesystem traversal requested by a Fileset rule.
@@ -284,8 +279,7 @@ static DirectTraversal getDirectTraversal(
    * directory (when FilesetEntry.srcdir is specified) or traversal of a single file (when
    * FilesetEntry.files is specified). See {@link DirectTraversal} for more detail.
    *
-   * <p>The returned value is non-null if and only if {@link #getNestedArtifact} is null and {@link
-   * #additionalLinks} is null.
+   * <p>The returned value is non-null if and only if {@link #getNestedArtifact} is null.
    */
   @Nullable
   DirectTraversal getDirectTraversal();
@@ -295,36 +289,11 @@ static DirectTraversal getDirectTraversal(
    *
    * <p>A nested traversal is the traversal of another Fileset referenced by FilesetEntry.srcdir.
    *
-   * <p>The value is non-null when {@link #getDirectTraversal} is absent and
-   * {@link #additionalLinks} is null.
+   * <p>The value is non-null when {@link #getDirectTraversal} is absent.
    */
   @Nullable
   Artifact getNestedArtifact();
 
-  /**
-   * Returns a {@link LinkSupplier} to add a customized collection of links.
-   *
-   * <p>The value is non-null when {@link #getDirectTraversal} is absent and
-   * {@link #getNestedArtifact} is null.
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  LinkSupplier additionalLinks();
-
   /** Adds the fingerprint of this traversal object. */
   void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp);
-
-  /**
-   * A {@link LinkSupplier} returns a collection of {@link FilesetOutputSymlink} to include in the
-   * Fileset.
-   */
-  interface LinkSupplier {
-    ImmutableList<FilesetOutputSymlink> getLinks(
-        EventHandler handler,
-        Location location,
-        ArtifactExpander artifactExpander,
-        MetadataProvider metadataProvider)
-        throws IOException;
-
-    void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
index 30a6b444c28150..1477c6d1f2f3b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.FilesetTraversalParams.DirectTraversalRoot;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.FilesetTraversalParams.LinkSupplier;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.FilesetTraversalParams.PackageBoundaryMode;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.Immutable;
@@ -145,27 +144,6 @@ public static FilesetTraversalParams nestedTraversal(
     return NestedTraversalParams.getNestedTraversal(ownerLabel, artifact, destPath, excludes);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Creates traversal request parameters for a FilesetEntry returning a customized list of links.
-   *
-   * @param ownerLabel the rule that created this object
-   * @param linkSupplier the {@link LinkSupplier} returning a custom list of links.
-   * @param destPath path in the Fileset's output directory that will be the root of files coming
-   *     from the nested Fileset
-   * @param excludes optional; set of files directly below (not in a subdirectory of) the nested
-   *     Fileset that should be excluded from the outer Fileset
-   */
-  public static FilesetTraversalParams knownTraversal(
-      Label ownerLabel,
-      LinkSupplier linkSupplier,
-      PathFragment destPath,
-      @Nullable Set<String> excludes) {
-    return KnownLinksTraversalParams.getKnownLinksTraversal(ownerLabel, linkSupplier, destPath,
-        excludes);
-  }
-
-
-
   private static ImmutableSortedSet<String> getOrderedExcludes(@Nullable Set<String> excludes) {
     // Order the set for the sake of deterministic fingerprinting.
     return excludes == null
@@ -180,11 +158,6 @@ public Artifact getNestedArtifact() {
       return null;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public LinkSupplier additionalLinks() {
-      return null;
-    }
-
     @Memoized
     @Override
     public abstract int hashCode();
@@ -231,11 +204,6 @@ public DirectTraversal getDirectTraversal() {
       return null;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public LinkSupplier additionalLinks() {
-      return null;
-    }
-
     @Memoized
     @Override
     public abstract int hashCode();
@@ -265,46 +233,4 @@ static NestedTraversalParams getNestedTraversal(
           ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), nestedArtifact);
     }
   }
-
-  @AutoValue
-  abstract static class KnownLinksTraversalParams implements FilesetTraversalParams {
-    @Override
-    public DirectTraversal getDirectTraversal() {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Artifact getNestedArtifact() {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    @Memoized
-    @Override
-    public abstract int hashCode();
-
-    @Memoized
-    protected byte[] getFingerprint() {
-      Fingerprint fp = new Fingerprint();
-      fp.addPath(getDestPath());
-      if (!getExcludedFiles().isEmpty()) {
-        fp.addStrings(getExcludedFiles());
-      }
-      additionalLinks().fingerprint(fp);
-      return fp.digestAndReset();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp) {
-      fp.addBytes(getFingerprint());
-    }
-
-    static KnownLinksTraversalParams getKnownLinksTraversal(
-        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
-        LinkSupplier additionalLinks,
-        PathFragment destPath,
-        @Nullable Set<String> excludes) {
-      return new AutoValue_FilesetTraversalParamsFactory_KnownLinksTraversalParams(
-          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), additionalLinks);
-    }
-  }
 }