diff -uNr borgbackup-1.1.10/src/borg/repository.py borgbackup-1.1.10.mod/src/borg/repository.py
--- borgbackup-1.1.10/src/borg/repository.py	2019-05-16 05:58:15.000000000 +0300
+++ borgbackup-1.1.10.mod/src/borg/repository.py	2019-12-12 00:55:34.587690181 +0200
@@ -287,16 +287,6 @@
             logger.warning("Old config file not securely erased on previous config update")
             secure_erase(old_config_path)
 
-        if os.path.isfile(config_path):
-            try:
-                os.link(config_path, old_config_path)
-            except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno in (errno.EMLINK, errno.ENOSYS, errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP):
-                    logger.warning("Failed to securely erase old repository config file (hardlinks not supported>). "
-                                   "Old repokey data, if any, might persist on physical storage.")
-                else:
-                    raise
-
         with SaveFile(config_path) as fd:
             config.write(fd)