diff -uNr iceauth-1.0.8/process.c iceauth-1.0.8.mod/process.c
--- iceauth-1.0.8/process.c	2018-03-05 06:06:49.000000000 +0200
+++ iceauth-1.0.8.mod/process.c	2020-01-05 16:05:53.318868140 +0200
@@ -686,12 +686,7 @@
 			 ProgramName, temp_name);
 	    } else {
 		(void) unlink (iceauth_filename);
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__UNIXOS2__)
 		if (rename(temp_name, iceauth_filename) == -1)
-#else
-		/* Attempt to rename() if link() fails, since this may be on a FS that does not support hard links */
-		if (link (temp_name, iceauth_filename) == -1 && rename(temp_name, iceauth_filename) == -1)
-#endif
 		{
 		    fprintf (stderr,
 		     "%s:  unable to link authority file %s, use %s\n",