diff --git a/liblearnerprofile/src/CMakeLists.txt b/liblearnerprofile/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/liblearnerprofile/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/liblearnerprofile/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@
 
 install(
     TARGETS artikulatelearnerprofile
+    LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP
     ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}
 )
diff --git a/libsound/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libsound/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libsound/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsound/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
 install(
     TARGETS artikulatesound
+    LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP
     ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 )
 install(
     TARGETS artikulatecore
+    LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP
     DESTINATION ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}
 )
 install(FILES artikulate.knsrc  DESTINATION  ${CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})