diff --git a/clutter/configure.ac b/clutter/configure.ac
index 3fb791a87..a9af0ea90 100644
--- a/clutter/configure.ac
+++ b/clutter/configure.ac
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ CLUTTER_LT_CURRENT=lt_current
 CLUTTER_LT_REV=lt_revision
 CLUTTER_LT_AGE=lt_age
 CLUTTER_LT_VERSION="$CLUTTER_LT_CURRENT:$CLUTTER_LT_REV:$CLUTTER_LT_AGE"
-CLUTTER_LT_LDFLAGS="-version-info $CLUTTER_LT_VERSION"
+CLUTTER_LT_LDFLAGS="-avoid-version"
 AC_SUBST([CLUTTER_LT_CURRENT],  [lt_current])
 AC_SUBST([CLUTTER_LT_REVISION], [lt_revision])
 AC_SUBST([CLUTTER_LT_VERSION],  [$CLUTTER_LT_VERSION])
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
index 47baafcc0..d8650e558 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ libmutter_cogl_gles2_la_SOURCES = cogl-gles2-api.c
 libmutter_cogl_gles2_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-no-undefined \
 	-rpath $(mutterlibdir) \
-	-version-info @COGL_LT_CURRENT@:@COGL_LT_REVISION@:@COGL_LT_AGE@ \
+	-avoid-version \
 	-export-dynamic \
 	-export-symbols-regex "^gl*"
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
index 562d81030..3fd4bdc43 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ libmutter_cogl_pango_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-rpath $(mutterlibdir) \
 	-export-symbols-regex "^cogl_pango_.*" \
 	-no-undefined \
-	-version-info @COGL_LT_CURRENT@:@COGL_LT_REVISION@:@COGL_LT_AGE@
+	-avoid-version
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DCOGL_COMPILATION		\
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
index 3408c7b88..c283fb489 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ libmutter_cogl_path_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-export-dynamic \
 	-export-symbols-regex "^(cogl|cogl2)_(framebuffer|path|is|clip|[sg]et)_.*" \
 	-no-undefined \
-	-version-info @COGL_LT_CURRENT@:@COGL_LT_REVISION@:@COGL_LT_AGE@ \
+	-avoid-version \
 	-rpath $(mutterlibdir)
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
index cc8e7a47c..38c938d35 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ endif
 # for cogl-pango.
 libmutter_cogl_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-no-undefined \
-	-version-info @COGL_LT_CURRENT@:@COGL_LT_REVISION@:@COGL_LT_AGE@ \
+	-avoid-version \
 	-export-dynamic \
 	-rpath $(mutterlibdir) \
 	-export-symbols-regex "^(cogl|_cogl_debug_flags|_cogl_atlas_new|_cogl_atlas_add_reorganize_callback|_cogl_atlas_reserve_space|_cogl_callback|_cogl_util_get_eye_planes_for_screen_poly|_cogl_atlas_texture_remove_reorganize_callback|_cogl_atlas_texture_add_reorganize_callback|_cogl_texture_get_format|_cogl_texture_foreach_sub_texture_in_region|_cogl_profile_trace_message|_cogl_context_get_default|_cogl_framebuffer_get_stencil_bits|_cogl_clip_stack_push_rectangle|_cogl_framebuffer_get_modelview_stack|_cogl_object_default_unref|_cogl_pipeline_foreach_layer_internal|_cogl_clip_stack_push_primitive|_cogl_buffer_unmap_for_fill_or_fallback|_cogl_framebuffer_draw_primitive|_cogl_debug_instances|_cogl_framebuffer_get_projection_stack|_cogl_pipeline_layer_get_texture|_cogl_buffer_map_for_fill_or_fallback|_cogl_texture_can_hardware_repeat|_cogl_pipeline_prune_to_n_layers|_cogl_primitive_draw|test_|unit_test_).*"