diff --git a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
index 1c792be0bb6d14cb4dd6f7f8d6ddbf3bd718bcde..ae52ef5a6df1cadb6b01eec31044957307d47fff 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -507,25 +507,6 @@ LOADABLE_LIBRARY=$(if ${LIBRARY_OBJS},${PRJ},)
 # See ${REGISTRYFILE} rule below.
 LIBOBJS += $(if $(MODULEDBD), $(addsuffix $(OBJ),$(basename ${REGISTRYFILE})))
 
-
-# For backward compatibility:
-# Provide a global symbol for every version with the same
-# major and equal or smaller minor version number.
-# Other code using this will look for one of those symbols.
-# Add an undefined symbol for the version of every used driver.
-# This is done with the #define in the used headers (see below).
-MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH=$(subst ., ,${LIBVERSION})
-MAJOR=$(word 1,${MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH})
-MINOR=$(word 2,${MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH})
-PATCH=$(word 3,${MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH})
-ifneq (${MINOR},)
-ALLMINORS := $(shell for ((i=0;i<=${MINOR};i++));do echo $$i;done)
-ifeq (${OS_CLASS}, Linux)
-PROVIDES = ${ALLMINORS:%=-Wl,--defsym,${PRJ}Lib_${MAJOR}.%=0}
-endif # Linux
-endif # MINOR
-LDFLAGS += ${PROVIDES} ${USR_LDFLAGS_${T_A}}
-
 # Create and include dependency files.
 HDEPENDS =
 HDEPENDS_METHOD = COMP