diff --git a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
index 378c89872..088edf219 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enum LnError {
     TargetIsDirectory(PathBuf),
     SomeLinksFailed,
     FailedToLink(PathBuf, PathBuf, String),
-    SameFile(PathBuf, PathBuf),
+    SameFile(),
     MissingDestination(PathBuf),
     ExtraOperand(OsString),
 }
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ impl Display for LnError {
             Self::FailedToLink(s, d, e) => {
                 write!(f, "failed to link {} to {}: {}", s.quote(), d.quote(), e)
             }
-            Self::SameFile(e, e2) => {
-                write!(f, "{} and {} are the same file", e2.quote(), e.quote())
+            Self::SameFile() => {
+                write!(f, "Same file")
             }
             Self::SomeLinksFailed => write!(f, "some links failed to create"),
             Self::MissingDestination(s) => {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl UError for LnError {
             Self::TargetIsDirectory(_)
             | Self::SomeLinksFailed
             | Self::FailedToLink(_, _, _)
-            | Self::SameFile(_, _)
+            | Self::SameFile()
             | Self::MissingDestination(_)
             | Self::ExtraOperand(_) => 1,
         }
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ fn link(src: &Path, dst: &Path, settings: &Settings) -> UResult<()> {
                 ResolveMode::Logical,
             )?;
             if dst_abs == source_abs {
-                return Err(LnError::SameFile(dst.to_path_buf(), source.to_path_buf()).into());
+                return Err(LnError::SameFile().into());
             }
         }
         if let Some(ref p) = backup_path {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ln.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ln.rs
index f54ac5f39..0dcde3b35 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ln.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ln.rs
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ fn test_backup_same_file() {
     at.touch("file1");
     ucmd.args(&["--backup", "file1", "./file1"])
         .fails()
-        .stderr_contains("'file1' and './file1' are the same file");
+        .stderr_contains("n: failed to link 'file1' to './file1': Same file");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 4f02e8425..924d14d25 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ sed -i -e "s~  sed -n \"1s/'\\\/'/'OPT'/p\" < err >> pat || framework_failure_~
 sed -i -e "s/rcexp=1$/rcexp=2\n  case \"\$prg\" in chcon|dir|runcon|vdir) return;; esac/" tests/misc/usage_vs_getopt.sh
 
 # Update the GNU error message to match ours
-sed -i -e "s/ln: 'f' and 'f' are the same file/ln: failed to link: 'f' and 'f' are the same file/g" tests/ln/hard-backup.sh
+sed -i -e "s/ln: 'f' and 'f' are the same file/ln: failed to link 'f' to 'f': Same file/g" tests/ln/hard-backup.sh