diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index 783dafb04..eaa62c3a2 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ EXE =
 OBJ = .o
 LIB_PREFIX =lib
 LIB_SUFFIX = .a
-SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .so$(addprefix .,$(SHRLIB_VERSION))
 MUNCH_SUFFIX = .munch
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------