diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index b393fa8..45779e4 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ doc_DATA = README ChangeLog AUTHORS NEWS COPYING
 imagedir = $(prefix)/share/g15macro/splash
 image_DATA = ${top_builddir}/g15macro.wbmp
 IMCLUDES = -I
-g15macro_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version
 g15macro_SOURCES = g15macro.c
 all: config.h
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-am
diff --git a/config/ltmain.sh b/config/ltmain.sh
index 12217e6..ca13018 100644
--- a/config/ltmain.sh
+++ b/config/ltmain.sh
@@ -6846,7 +6846,6 @@ a program from several object files.
 The following components of LINK-COMMAND are treated specially:
 
   -all-static       do not do any dynamic linking at all
-  -avoid-version    do not add a version suffix if possible
   -dlopen FILE      \`-dlpreopen' FILE if it cannot be dlopened at runtime
   -dlpreopen FILE   link in FILE and add its symbols to lt_preloaded_symbols
   -export-dynamic   allow symbols from OUTPUT-FILE to be resolved with dlsym(3)