jekyll · mondeja · Oct 23, 2025 · Oct 23, 2025
diff --git a/benchmark/native-vs-pathutil-relative b/benchmark/native-vs-pathutil-relative
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency("kramdown-parser-gfm",   "~> 1.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency("liquid",                "~> 4.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency("mercenary",             "~> 0.3", ">= 0.3.6")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency("pathutil",              "~> 0.9")
   s.add_runtime_dependency("rouge",                 ">= 3.0", "< 5.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency("safe_yaml",             "~> 1.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency("terminal-table",        ">= 1.8", "< 4.0")

diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def require_all(path)
 require "json"
 
 # 3rd party
-require "pathutil"
 require "addressable/uri"
 require "safe_yaml/load"
 require "liquid"

diff --git a/lib/jekyll/entry_filter.rb b/lib/jekyll/entry_filter.rb
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ def excluded?(entry)
 
     # --
     # Check if a file is a symlink.
-    # NOTE: This can be converted to allowing even in safe,
-    #   since we use Pathutil#in_path? now.
     # --
     def symlink?(entry)
       site.safe && File.symlink?(entry) && symlink_outside_site_source?(entry)