Revert addition of use_links to build_lib

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/build_ext.py b/setuptools/command/build_ext.py
index 31ef47bf..7ad5a87a 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/build_ext.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class build_ext(_build_ext):
             # Always copy, even if source is older than destination, to ensure
             # that the right extensions for the current Python/platform are
             # used.
-            build_py.copy_file(regular_file, inplace_file)
+            self.copy_file(regular_file, inplace_file, level=self.verbose)
 
             if ext._needs_stub:
                 inplace_stub = self._get_equivalent_stub(ext, inplace_file)
diff --git a/setuptools/command/build_py.py b/setuptools/command/build_py.py
index a2a6fe2c..923a3232 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/build_py.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/build_py.py
@@ -40,17 +40,15 @@ class build_py(orig.build_py):
         if 'data_files' in self.__dict__:
             del self.__dict__['data_files']
         self.__updated_files = []
-        self.use_links = None
 
     def copy_file(self, infile, outfile, preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1,
                   link=None, level=1):
         # Overwrite base class to allow using links
-        link = getattr(self, "use_links", None) if link is None else link
         if link:
             infile = str(Path(infile).resolve())
             outfile = str(Path(outfile).resolve())
-        return super().copy_file(infile, outfile, preserve_mode,
-                                 preserve_times, link, level)
+        return super().copy_file(infile, outfile, preserve_mode, preserve_times,
+                                 link, level)
 
     def run(self):
         """Build modules, packages, and copy data files to build directory"""