diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go b/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
index 22580dbe4..0848088ef 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_delete_entry.go
@@ -145,3 +145,11 @@ func (f *Filer) doDeleteCollection(collectionName string) (err error) {
 	})
 
 }
+
+func (f *Filer) maybeDeleteHardLinks(hardLinkIds []HardLinkId) {
+	for _, hardLinkId := range hardLinkIds {
+		if err := f.Store.DeleteHardLink(context.Background(), hardLinkId); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("delete hard link id %d : %v", hardLinkId, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go b/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
index b87d88d0b..09af80b42 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer_deletion.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package filer
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -153,10 +152,3 @@ func (f *Filer) deleteChunksIfNotNew(oldEntry, newEntry *Entry) {
 	f.DeleteChunks(toDelete)
 }
 
-func (f *Filer) maybeDeleteHardLinks(hardLinkIds []HardLinkId) {
-	for _, hardLinkId := range hardLinkIds {
-		if err := f.Store.DeleteHardLink(context.Background(), hardLinkId); err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("delete hard link id %d : %v", hardLinkId, err)
-		}
-	}
-}