--- Makefile.am	2010-12-16 18:38:34.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.am.oden	2010-12-22 15:00:39.308638980 +0100
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 MAYBE_CORE =
 endif
 
-GENERIC_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(VERSION_INFO) $(RELEASE) $(NO_UNDEFINED)
+GENERIC_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(VERSION_INFO) $(NO_UNDEFINED)
 
 libevent_la_SOURCES = $(CORE_SRC) $(EXTRA_SRC)
 libevent_la_LIBADD = @LTLIBOBJS@ $(SYS_LIBS)