diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a1cfeb20..3ee03dd96 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ add_library( calamares SHARED ${libSources} ${kdsagSources} ${utilsSources} )
 set_target_properties( calamares
     PROPERTIES
         AUTOMOC TRUE
-        VERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
-        SOVERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries( calamares
@@ -95,17 +93,10 @@ target_link_libraries( calamares
 install( TARGETS calamares
     EXPORT CalamaresLibraryDepends
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/calamares/
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/calamares/
 )
 
-# Make symlink lib/calamares/libcalamares.so to lib/libcalamares.so.VERSION so
-# lib/calamares can be used as module path for the Python interpreter.
-install( CODE "
-    file( MAKE_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
-    execute_process( COMMAND \"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" -E create_symlink ../libcalamares.so.${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT} libcalamares.so WORKING_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
-")
-
 # Install header files
 file( GLOB rootHeaders "*.h" )
 file( GLOB kdsingleapplicationguardHeaders "kdsingleapplicationguard/*.h" )
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c3e8fca2..9ef52716b 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,5 +78,6 @@ calamares_add_library( calamaresui
         Qt5::QuickWidgets
     RESOURCES libcalamaresui.qrc
     EXPORT CalamaresLibraryDepends
-    VERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
+    NO_VERSION
+    INSTALL_BINDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/calamares/
 )