Index: Makefile.in
--- Makefile.in.orig
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 libSDL2_image_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/include
 libSDL2_image_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-no-undefined		\
-	-release $(LT_RELEASE)	\
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE) $(LT_EXTRA)
 
 libSDL2_image_la_LIBADD = $(IMG_LIBS)
