--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -241,25 +241,13 @@
 
 
 install(TARGETS valhalla
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT shared NAMELINK_SKIP
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT shared
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT development)
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   install(FILES ${VALHALLA_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING ${VALHALLA_SOURCE_DIR}/CHANGELOG.md
     DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/doc/libvalhalla0"
     COMPONENT shared)
-
-  set(LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}valhalla${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK}
-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
-    COMPONENT development)
-  
-  if(UNIX)
-    add_custom_target(${LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK} ALL
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK}.${VALHALLA_VERSION_MAJOR}" ${LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK})
-    set_target_properties(${LIBVALHALLA_SO_LINK} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Library")
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 install(FILES ${VALHALLA_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING ${VALHALLA_SOURCE_DIR}/CHANGELOG.md ${VALHALLA_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md