diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0bc4e495..a018dd56 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ render_libobrender_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
 	parser/libobparser.la
 render_libobrender_la_LDFLAGS = \
-	-release $(LT_RELEASE) \
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
 render_libobrender_la_SOURCES = \
 	gettext.h \
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ parser_libobparser_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
 	$(XML_LIBS)
 parser_libobparser_la_LDFLAGS = \
-	-release $(LT_RELEASE) \
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
 parser_libobparser_la_SOURCES = \
 	parser/parse.h \