diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index affa21454d..607752a3db 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun May 15 14:35:46 2005  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
+
+	* lib/pathname.rb (Pathname#unlink): unlink a symlink to a directory
+	  was failed.  [ruby-core:4992]
+
 Sun May 15 09:57:30 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (unixtime_to_filetime): deal with DST.
diff --git a/lib/pathname.rb b/lib/pathname.rb
index be1cb29b43..83f517d49e 100644
--- a/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -868,10 +868,10 @@ class Pathname    # * mixed *
   # Removes a file or directory, using <tt>File.unlink</tt> or
   # <tt>Dir.unlink</tt> as necessary.
   def unlink()
-    if FileTest.directory? @path
-      Dir.unlink @path
-    else
+    begin
       File.unlink @path
+    rescue Errno::EISDIR
+      Dir.unlink @path
     end
   end
   alias delete unlink