--- a/tools/libfsimage/common/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libfsimage/common/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../..
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libfsimage/Rules.mk
 
-MAJOR = 1.0
-MINOR = 0
-
 LDFLAGS-$(CONFIG_SunOS) = -Wl,-M -Wl,mapfile-SunOS
 LDFLAGS-$(CONFIG_Linux) = -Wl,mapfile-GNU
 LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS-y)
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
 
 PIC_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.opic,$(LIB_SRCS-y))
 
-LIB = libfsimage.so libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR) libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
+LIB = libfsimage.so
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: $(LIB)
@@ -24,9 +21,7 @@
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
-	$(INSTALL_PROG) libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
-	ln -sf libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR)
-	ln -sf libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libfsimage.so
+	$(INSTALL_PROG) libfsimage.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) fsimage.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) fsimage_plugin.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) fsimage_grub.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
@@ -34,13 +29,8 @@
 clean distclean::
 	rm -f $(LIB)
 
-libfsimage.so: libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR)
-	ln -sf $< $@
-libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR): libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
-	ln -sf $< $@
-
-libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR): $(PIC_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,libfsimage.so.$(MAJOR) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+libfsimage.so: $(PIC_OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG),$@ $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
 
 -include $(DEPS)
 
