diff --git a/src/common/Makefile.am b/src/common/Makefile.am
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--- a/src/common/Makefile.am
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libdistrencommon.la
-
-libdistrencommon_la_SOURCES = options.c options.h execio.h execio.c remoteio.h libremoteio.h remoteio.c asprintf.h asprintf.c
-#evidently the following should not be LDADD, but LDFLAGS because automake doesn't like the idea of LDADD for libraries for some reason... or I am very confused
-libdistrencommon_la_LIBADD = @DISTLIBS_LDADD@
-libdistrencommon_la_CXXFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@
-
-#see http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_91.html
-# either increase the revision number or the interface number each release!
-libdistrencommon_la_LDFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_LDFLAGS@ -version-info 0:0:0