Where are you looking for the upload.aspx file? Its located in the Layouts
directory under the Template directory in the 12 hive. There is only one
upload.aspx file. The function you need is in the first <Script> tag.
This is the only way that I know to remove the multiple uploads link.
However, as I already pointed out you should let your client know that
removing this link will not prevent users from uploading multiple files
using DAV. You can't turn off DAV support entirely because Office apps use
DAV to save files to a Document library. So using the Windows Explorer view
you will always be able to upload multiple files. If you remove Windows
Explorer view from the menu a user can still open it by opening the document
library as a Web Folder.
The point of all this. You can't prevent users from uploading multiple
files. Your client would be better off training users not to upload
multiple files than preventing it.