diff --git a/gmic.spec b/gmic.spec
index 40da0a8..6db3ae9 100644
--- a/gmic.spec
+++ b/gmic.spec
@@ -154,12 +154,6 @@ iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 COPYING-libcgmic > COPYING-libcgmic.conv && mv -f CO
 cd src
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT PREFIX=%{_prefix} LIB=%{_lib} install
 
-# Makefile creates too many intermediate symlinks for the library
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libgmic.so.2
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcgmic.so.2
-ln -s libgmic.so.%{version} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libgmic.so.2
-ln -s libcgmic.so.%{version} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcgmic.so.2
-
 desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/gmic_qt.desktop
 desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/zart.desktop