diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 4f1c1e10163..ae909575f00 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	* fixinc/Makefile.in: fix for ancient Bourne shell
 	* fixinc/Makefile.BEOS: obsolete
 	* fixinc/Makefile.DOS: obsolete
+	* fixinc/fixincl.sh(LINKS): use `test -d' rather than `ls' for testing
 
 2000-12-27  Bernd Schmidt  <bernds@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/gcc/fixinc/fixincl.sh b/gcc/fixinc/fixincl.sh
index 9a44cb8cc68..18b5fb24651 100755
--- a/gcc/fixinc/fixincl.sh
+++ b/gcc/fixinc/fixincl.sh
@@ -449,11 +449,11 @@ if $LINKS; then
   all_dirs=`find . -type l -print`
   for file in $all_dirs
   do
-    if ls -lLd $file > /dev/null
-    then :
-    else rm -f $file
-         test $VERBOSE -gt 3 && echo "  removed $file"
-         rmdir `dirname $file` > /dev/null && \
+    if test ! -d $file
+    then
+      rm -f $file
+      test $VERBOSE -gt 3 && echo "  removed $file"
+      rmdir `dirname $file` > /dev/null && \
            test $VERBOSE -gt 3 && \
            echo "  removed `dirname $file`"
     fi