diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index dafbaa2d..aa4cdb49 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ EXCLUDE                =
 # directories that are symbolic links (a Unix file system feature) are excluded
 # from the input.
 
-EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = NO
+EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = YES
 
 # If the value of the INPUT tag contains directories, you can use the
 # EXCLUDE_PATTERNS tag to specify one or more wildcard patterns to exclude
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a529756a..8145945b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7640,3 +7640,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Using 'cat' instead of 'cp' to copy the Doxyfile to avoid problems in case Doxyfile
   is write protected.
 - Updated the Doxyfile with a newer version of Doxygen.
+- Turned off following symlinks in the Doxyfile.