diff --git a/contribs/pam/Makefile.am b/contribs/pam/Makefile.am
index 22bf372b9cf5b4371c73aceab209413e1ec246e1..13353d2519f4344c44649b54e795319478daf9f7 100644
--- a/contribs/pam/Makefile.am
+++ b/contribs/pam/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
 CPPFLAGS = -fPIC
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
-PLUGIN_FLAGS = -module --export-dynamic
+PLUGIN_FLAGS = -module --export-dynamic -avoid-version
 
 pkglibdir = $(libdir)/security
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ pam_slurm_la_SOURCES = 				\
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/hostlist.c	\
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/hostlist.h
 
-pam_slurm_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS) \
-	-version-info $(current):$(rev):$(age)
+pam_slurm_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS)
+
 else
 EXTRA_pam_slurm_la_SOURCES = pam_slurm.c
 endif
diff --git a/contribs/pam/Makefile.in b/contribs/pam/Makefile.in
index b1f5dc8784f3ea8d51574eff9f0d73cb08467343..551d4012dba092636dee37f603649a2adcbf7fe5 100644
--- a/contribs/pam/Makefile.in
+++ b/contribs/pam/Makefile.in
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
-PLUGIN_FLAGS = -module --export-dynamic
+PLUGIN_FLAGS = -module --export-dynamic -avoid-version
 @HAVE_PAM_FALSE@pam_lib = 
 @HAVE_PAM_TRUE@pam_lib = pam_slurm.la
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = $(pam_lib)
@@ -311,9 +311,7 @@ pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = $(pam_lib)
 @HAVE_PAM_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/common/hostlist.c	\
 @HAVE_PAM_TRUE@	$(top_builddir)/src/common/hostlist.h
 
-@HAVE_PAM_TRUE@pam_slurm_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS) \
-@HAVE_PAM_TRUE@	-version-info $(current):$(rev):$(age)
-
+@HAVE_PAM_TRUE@pam_slurm_la_LDFLAGS = $(SO_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_FLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS)
 @HAVE_PAM_FALSE@EXTRA_pam_slurm_la_SOURCES = pam_slurm.c
 all: all-am