diff --git a/rsconnect/bundle.py b/rsconnect/bundle.py
index ad7770fe..31209523 100644
--- a/rsconnect/bundle.py
+++ b/rsconnect/bundle.py
@@ -498,32 +498,6 @@ def write_manifest(
     return created, skipped
 
 
-def list_files(base_dir, include_sub_dirs, walk=os.walk):
-    """List the files in the directory at path.
-
-    If include_sub_dirs is True, recursively list
-    files in subdirectories.
-
-    Returns an iterable of file paths relative to base_dir.
-    """
-    skip_dirs = [".ipynb_checkpoints", ".git"]
-
-    def iter_files():
-        for root, sub_dirs, files in walk(base_dir):
-            if include_sub_dirs:
-                for skip in skip_dirs:
-                    if skip in sub_dirs:
-                        sub_dirs.remove(skip)
-            else:
-                # tell walk not to traverse any subdirectories
-                sub_dirs[:] = []
-
-            for filename in files:
-                yield relpath(join(root, filename), base_dir)
-
-    return list(iter_files())
-
-
 def make_notebook_source_bundle(
     file: str,
     environment: Environment,
@@ -1038,7 +1012,7 @@ def create_file_list(
         file_set.add(path_to_add)
         return sorted(file_set)
 
-    for cur_dir, sub_dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+    for cur_dir, sub_dirs, files in os.walk(path, followlinks=True):
         if Path(cur_dir) in exclude_paths:
             continue
         if any(parent in exclude_paths for parent in Path(cur_dir).parents):
diff --git a/tests/test_bundle.py b/tests/test_bundle.py
index cc8f5bcd..1c977e23 100644
--- a/tests/test_bundle.py
+++ b/tests/test_bundle.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     create_python_environment,
     get_python_env_info,
     inspect_environment,
-    list_files,
     make_api_bundle,
     make_api_manifest,
     make_html_bundle,
@@ -427,41 +426,6 @@ def test_make_quarto_source_bundle_from_file(self):
                 },
             )
 
-    def test_list_files(self):
-        # noinspection SpellCheckingInspection
-        paths = [
-            "notebook.ipynb",
-            "somedata.csv",
-            os.path.join("subdir", "subfile"),
-            os.path.join("subdir2", "subfile2"),
-            os.path.join(".ipynb_checkpoints", "notebook.ipynb"),
-            os.path.join(".git", "config"),
-        ]
-
-        def walk(base_dir):
-            dir_names = []
-            file_names = []
-
-            for path in paths:
-                if os.sep in path:
-                    dir_name, file_name = path.split(os.sep, 1)
-                    dir_names.append(dir_name)
-                else:
-                    file_names.append(path)
-
-            yield base_dir, dir_names, file_names
-
-            for subdir in dir_names:
-                for path in paths:
-                    if path.startswith(subdir + os.sep):
-                        yield base_dir + os.sep + subdir, [], [path.split(os.sep, 1)[1]]
-
-        files = list_files(".", True, walk=walk)
-        self.assertEqual(files, paths[:4])
-
-        files = list_files(os.sep, False, walk=walk)
-        self.assertEqual(files, paths[:2])
-
     def test_html_bundle1(self):
         self.do_test_html_bundle(get_dir("pip1"))