Index: src/Makefile.in
--- src/Makefile.in.orig
+++ src/Makefile.in
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ libpqxx_la_SOURCES = \
 	util.cxx \
 	version.cxx
 
-libpqxx_version = -release $(PQXX_ABI)
+#libpqxx_version = -release $(PQXX_ABI)
 libpqxx_la_LDFLAGS = $(libpqxx_version) \
 	-rpath $(libdir) \
 	${POSTGRES_LIB}