--- nettle/Makefile.in	2018-12-04 21:56:06.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.in	2019-07-23 08:10:33.271656999 +0200
@@ -266,10 +266,7 @@
 	-mkdir .lib 2>/dev/null
 	(cd .lib \
           && rm -f $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) \
-	  && $(LN_S) ../$(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) \
-	  && [ -z "$(LIBNETTLE_SONAME)" ] \
-	  || { rm -f $(LIBNETTLE_SONAME) \
-	       && $(LN_S) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) $(LIBNETTLE_SONAME) ; } )
+	  && $(LN_S) ../$(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) )
 	echo nettle > libnettle.stamp
 
 $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK): $(hogweed_OBJS) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK)
@@ -277,10 +274,7 @@
 	-mkdir .lib 2>/dev/null
 	(cd .lib \
           && rm -f $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) \
-	  && $(LN_S) ../$(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) \
-	  && [ -z "$(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME)" ] \
-	  || { rm -f $(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME) \
-	       && $(LN_S) $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) $(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME) ; } )
+	  && $(LN_S) ../$(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) )
 	echo hogweed > libhogweed.stamp
 
 # For Solaris and BSD make, we have to use an explicit rule for each
@@ -462,11 +456,6 @@
 install-shared-nettle: $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) @IF_DLL@ install-dll-nettle
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIBNETTLE_FILE_SRC) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(LIBNETTLE_FILE)
-	[ -z "$(LIBNETTLE_SONAME)" ] \
-                || (cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) \
-		&& rm -f $(LIBNETTLE_SONAME) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK) \
-		&& $(LN_S) $(LIBNETTLE_FILE) $(LIBNETTLE_SONAME) \
-		&& $(LN_S) $(LIBNETTLE_FILE) $(LIBNETTLE_FORLINK))
 
 install-dll-hogweed:
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
@@ -475,11 +464,6 @@
 install-shared-hogweed: $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) @IF_DLL@ install-dll-hogweed
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIBHOGWEED_FILE_SRC) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(LIBHOGWEED_FILE)
-	[ -z "$(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME)" ] \
-                || (cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) \
-		&& rm -f $(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME) $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK) \
-		&& $(LN_S) $(LIBHOGWEED_FILE) $(LIBHOGWEED_SONAME) \
-		&& $(LN_S) $(LIBHOGWEED_FILE) $(LIBHOGWEED_FORLINK))
 
 # I'd like to use makes VPATH search to locate the files to be
 # installed. But it seems most make programs don't set $<, $^, $? and