diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3cbf954..8f25c28 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ protobuf_c_libprotobuf_c_la_SOURCES = \
 
 protobuf_c_libprotobuf_c_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) \
 	-version-info $(LIBPROTOBUF_C_CURRENT):$(LIBPROTOBUF_C_REVISION):$(LIBPROTOBUF_C_AGE) \
-	-Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.sym \
+	-export-symbols-regex "^(protobuf_c_[a-z].*)" \
 	-no-undefined
 
 pkgconfig_DATA += protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.pc
 CLEANFILES += protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.pc
-EXTRA_DIST += protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.pc.in protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.sym
+EXTRA_DIST += protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.pc.in
 
 #
 # protoc-c
diff --git a/protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.sym b/protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.sym
deleted file mode 100644
index c8d546b..0000000
--- a/protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.sym
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-LIBPROTOBUF_C_0.16 {
-global:
-        protobuf_c_buffer_simple_append;
-        protobuf_c_default_allocator;
-        protobuf_c_enum_descriptor_get_value;
-        protobuf_c_enum_descriptor_get_value_by_name;
-        protobuf_c_major;
-        protobuf_c_message_check;
-        protobuf_c_message_descriptor_get_field;
-        protobuf_c_message_descriptor_get_field_by_name;
-        protobuf_c_message_free_unpacked;
-        protobuf_c_message_get_packed_size;
-        protobuf_c_message_init;
-        protobuf_c_message_pack;
-        protobuf_c_message_pack_to_buffer;
-        protobuf_c_message_unpack;
-        protobuf_c_minor;
-        protobuf_c_service_descriptor_get_method_by_name;
-        protobuf_c_service_destroy;
-        protobuf_c_service_generated_init;
-        protobuf_c_service_invoke_internal;
-local:
-        *;
-};