diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd3eb5c03e..2cfba94498 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ banned-from = [
 "yt_dlp.utils.decodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
 "yt_dlp.utils.encodeFilename".msg = "Do not use"
 "yt_dlp.compat.compat_os_name".msg = "Use `os.name` instead."
+"yt_dlp.compat.compat_realpath".msg = "Use `os.path.realpath` instead."
 
 [tool.autopep8]
 max_line_length = 120
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/compat/__init__.py
index 375a5a2f22..d779620688 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import sys
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
 
 from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
@@ -28,17 +27,6 @@ def compat_ord(c):
     return c if isinstance(c, int) else ord(c)
 
 
-if os.name == 'nt' and sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    # os.path.realpath on Windows does not follow symbolic links
-    # prior to Python 3.8 (see https://bugs.python.org/issue9949)
-    def compat_realpath(path):
-        while os.path.islink(path):
-            path = os.path.abspath(os.readlink(path))
-        return os.path.realpath(path)
-else:
-    compat_realpath = os.path.realpath
-
-
 # Python 3.8+ does not honor %HOME% on windows, but this breaks compatibility with youtube-dl
 # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/792
 # https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py b/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
index 6d947ace32..db59f14388 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_deprecated.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ compat_urllib_parse_urlencode = urllib.parse.urlencode
 compat_urllib_parse_urlparse = urllib.parse.urlparse
 
 compat_os_name = os._name if os.name == 'java' else os.name
+compat_realpath = os.path.realpath
 
 
 def compat_shlex_quote(s):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
index dfc792eae4..1e483f6e99 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from asyncio import run as compat_asyncio_run  # noqa: F401
 from re import Pattern as compat_Pattern  # noqa: F401
 from re import match as compat_Match  # noqa: F401
 
-from . import compat_expanduser, compat_HTMLParseError, compat_realpath
+from . import compat_expanduser, compat_HTMLParseError
 from .compat_utils import passthrough_module
 from ..dependencies import brotli as compat_brotli  # noqa: F401
 from ..dependencies import websockets as compat_websockets  # noqa: F401
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
 compat_map = map
 compat_numeric_types = (int, float, complex)
 compat_os_path_expanduser = compat_expanduser
-compat_os_path_realpath = compat_realpath
+compat_os_path_realpath = os.path.realpath
 compat_print = print
 compat_shlex_split = shlex.split
 compat_socket_create_connection = socket.create_connection
diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index 90df2509f0..e53545a0f3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from zipimport import zipimporter
 
-from .compat import compat_realpath
 from .networking import Request
 from .networking.exceptions import HTTPError, network_exceptions
 from .utils import (
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ class Updater:
     @functools.cached_property
     def filename(self):
         """Filename of the executable"""
-        return compat_realpath(_get_variant_and_executable_path()[1])
+        return os.path.realpath(_get_variant_and_executable_path()[1])
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def cmd(self):