Index: Makefile.in
--- Makefile.in.orig
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ LT_AGE      = @LT_AGE@
 LT_CURRENT  = @LT_CURRENT@
 LT_RELEASE  = @LT_RELEASE@
 LT_REVISION = @LT_REVISION@
-LT_LDFLAGS  = -no-undefined -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LT_RELEASE) -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
+LT_LDFLAGS  = -no-undefined -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
 
 all: $(srcdir)/configure Makefile $(objects)/$(TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLTEST_TARGET)