diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
index 102fc6b236..24f11c9af0 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
@@ -738,7 +738,6 @@ class TextModel(ModelBase):
         super().prepare_metadata(vocab_only=vocab_only)
 
         total_params = self.gguf_writer.get_total_parameter_count()[0]
-
         # Extract the encoding scheme from the file type name. e.g. 'gguf.LlamaFileType.MOSTLY_Q8_0' --> 'Q8_0'
         output_type: str = self.ftype.name.partition("_")[2]
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
index 167dce3f2a..135555a7de 100644
--- a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_impl(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_par
         ctx->size = 0;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < ctx->info.size(); ++i) {
             const gguf_tensor_info & ti = ctx->info[i];
-            // alignment offset is only necessary for GGUF converted with reflinks
+            // alignment offset only exists for GGUF converted with reflinks
             const size_t align_offset = ti.offset % ctx->alignment;
             if (ti.offset - align_offset != ctx->size) {
                 GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: tensor '%s' has offset %" PRIu64 ", expected %zu\n",
diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
index 6429ea180d..baea41cb0e 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         self.arch = arch
         self.endianess = endianess
         self.data_alignment = GGUF_DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT
-        self.use_reflinks = use_reflinks and hasattr(os, "copy_file_range")
+        self.use_reflinks = use_reflinks
         self.use_temp_file = False if self.use_reflinks else use_temp_file
         self.temp_file = None
         self.tensors = [{}]