diff --git a/test/test_mandatory.py b/test/test_mandatory.py
index 5510107..4590d42 100644
--- a/test/test_mandatory.py
+++ b/test/test_mandatory.py
@@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ def test_mandatory_warnings_symlink():
     setting = config.cfgimpl_get_settings()
     config.read_write()
     config.str
-    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings()) == ['str', 'str1', 'unicode2', 'str3']
+    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings()) == ['str', 'str1', 'str3']
     setting[descr.str].append('frozen')
     config.read_only()
-    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings()) == ['str', 'str1', 'unicode2', 'str3']
+    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings()) == ['str', 'str1', 'str3']
 
 
 def test_mandatory_warnings_validate():
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ def test_mandatory_warnings_validate():
     config = Config(descr)
     config.str = ''
     raises(ValueError, "list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings())")
-    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str', 'str1', 'unicode2', 'str3', 'unicode1', 'int1']
+    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str', 'str1', 'str3', 'unicode1', 'int1']
     config.str = 'test'
     raises(ValueError, "list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings())")
-    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str1', 'unicode2', 'str3']
+    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str1', 'str3']
 
 
 def test_mandatory_warnings_validate_empty():
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def test_mandatory_warnings_validate_empty():
     config.str = ''
     config.read_only()
     raises(ConfigError, "list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings())")
-    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str', 'str1', 'unicode2', 'str3', 'unicode1']
+    assert list(config.cfgimpl_get_values().mandatory_warnings(validate=False)) == ['str', 'str1', 'str3', 'unicode1']
 
 
 def test_mandatory_warnings_requires():
diff --git a/tiramisu/value.py b/tiramisu/value.py
index 72f1b58..37d01c2 100644
--- a/tiramisu/value.py
+++ b/tiramisu/value.py
@@ -610,16 +610,12 @@ class Values(object):
                 else:
                     if isinstance(opt, SymLinkOption) and \
                             not isinstance(opt, DynSymLinkOption):
-                        true_opt = opt._impl_getopt()
-                        true_path = descr.impl_get_path_by_opt(true_opt)
-                    else:
-                        true_opt = opt
-                        true_path = path
-                    self_properties = settings._getproperties(true_opt, true_path,
+                        continue
+                    self_properties = settings._getproperties(opt, path,
                                                               read_write=False,
                                                               setting_properties=setting_properties)
                     if 'mandatory' in self_properties:
-                        err = self._get_cached_value(true_opt, path=true_path,
+                        err = self._get_cached_value(opt, path=path,
                                                      trusted_cached_properties=False,
                                                      force_permissive=force_permissive,
                                                      setting_properties=setting_properties,