--- ./build_posix/makemake.orig
+++ ./build_posix/makemake
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 sed -n '/END SUBDIRS/,/BEGIN SOURCES/p' Make.base
 
 echo
-echo "libwiredtiger_la_LDFLAGS = -release @VERSION@"
+echo "libwiredtiger_la_LDFLAGS ="
 echo "libwiredtiger_la_SOURCES=\\"
 sed -e '/^[a-z]/!d' \
     -e 's/.*/	& \\/' \