diff --git a/src/nautilus-files-view.c b/src/nautilus-files-view.c
index 5c8729c307e0f7bba0bdb669801d5f4949050ebe..b8f86b431d8b8a98bbb895e18a1a25e8e402fade 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-files-view.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-files-view.c
@@ -7015,7 +7015,6 @@ update_actions_clipboard_contents_received (GObject      *source_object,
     NautilusFilesViewPrivate *priv = nautilus_files_view_get_instance_private (view);
     NautilusClipboard *clip;
     gboolean can_link_from_copied_files;
-    gboolean settings_show_create_link;
     gboolean is_read_only;
     gboolean selection_contains_recent;
     gboolean selection_contains_starred;
@@ -7030,8 +7029,6 @@ update_actions_clipboard_contents_received (GObject      *source_object,
         return;
     }
 
-    settings_show_create_link = g_settings_get_boolean (nautilus_preferences,
-                                                        NAUTILUS_PREFERENCES_SHOW_CREATE_LINK);
     is_read_only = nautilus_files_view_is_read_only (view);
     selection_contains_recent = showing_recent_directory (view);
     selection_contains_starred = showing_starred_directory (view);
@@ -7042,8 +7039,7 @@ update_actions_clipboard_contents_received (GObject      *source_object,
     action = g_action_map_lookup_action (G_ACTION_MAP (priv->view_action_group),
                                          "create-link");
     g_simple_action_set_enabled (G_SIMPLE_ACTION (action),
-                                 can_link_from_copied_files &&
-                                 settings_show_create_link);
+                                 can_link_from_copied_files);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -7320,7 +7316,6 @@ real_update_actions_state (NautilusFilesView *view)
     gboolean show_stop;
     gboolean show_detect_media;
     gboolean settings_show_delete_permanently;
-    gboolean settings_show_create_link;
     GDriveStartStopType start_stop_type;
     g_autoptr (GFile) current_location = NULL;
     g_autofree gchar *current_uri = NULL;
@@ -7368,8 +7363,7 @@ real_update_actions_state (NautilusFilesView *view)
     handles_all_files_to_extract = nautilus_handles_all_files_to_extract (selection);
     settings_show_delete_permanently = g_settings_get_boolean (nautilus_preferences,
                                                                NAUTILUS_PREFERENCES_SHOW_DELETE_PERMANENTLY);
-    settings_show_create_link = g_settings_get_boolean (nautilus_preferences,
-                                                        NAUTILUS_PREFERENCES_SHOW_CREATE_LINK);
+
     /* Right click actions
      * Selection menu actions
      */
@@ -7516,8 +7510,8 @@ real_update_actions_state (NautilusFilesView *view)
                                          "create-link-in-place");
     g_simple_action_set_enabled (G_SIMPLE_ACTION (action),
                                  can_copy_files &&
-                                 can_create_files &&
-                                 settings_show_create_link);
+                                 can_create_files);
+
     action = g_action_map_lookup_action (G_ACTION_MAP (view_action_group),
                                          "copy-to");
     g_simple_action_set_enabled (G_SIMPLE_ACTION (action),