--- a/va/meson.build
+++ b/va/meson.build
@@ -55,15 +55,8 @@
   'va_trace.h',
 ]
 
-libva_sym = 'libva.syms'
-libva_sym_arg = '-Wl,-version-script,' + '@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), libva_sym)
-
 libva_link_args = []
 libva_link_depends = []
-if cc.links('', name: '-Wl,--version-script', args: ['-shared', libva_sym_arg])
-  libva_link_args = libva_sym_arg
-  libva_link_depends = libva_sym
-endif
 
 install_headers(libva_headers, subdir : 'va')