diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aee7130..26e2391 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ endif
 # Required files #
 ##################
 
-libclayer_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @PACKAGE_VERSION_SO@
-
 libclayer_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/ctype.c \
 	src/errno.c \
diff --git a/VERSION_SO b/VERSION_SO
deleted file mode 100644
index f730b58..0000000
--- a/VERSION_SO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0:0:0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e29a7e0..3b98e00 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.16 subdir-objects])
 
 AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_DESCR], ['libc for both hosted and freestanding environments'])
-AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_VERSION_SO], m4_normalize(m4_include([VERSION_SO])))