diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
index 1228030472..d087189147 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Replace symlinks formatted as "source -> target" with just the source name
+		if ( $b['islink'] )
+			$b['name'] = preg_replace( '/(\s*->\s*.*)$/', '', $b['name'] );
+
 		return $b;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index 2e9fbd6997..1c931e1928 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 					$struc['files'] = array();
 			}
 
+			// Replace symlinks formatted as "source -> target" with just the source name
+			if ( $struc['islink'] )
+				$struc['name'] = preg_replace( '/(\s*->\s*.*)$/', '', $struc['name'] );
+
 			$ret[ $struc['name'] ] = $struc;
 		}
 		return $ret;