diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9a063a160d5aec2373de425ed0f2d0e85d84ba0a..63c26877121b31422563f98f3fac9a7e22bae684 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ endif
 add_project_arguments(common_flags, language: 'c')
 add_project_link_arguments(common_ldflags, language: 'c')
 
-ldflag = '-Wl,--version-script'
-have_version_script = host_machine.system().contains('linux') and cc.has_argument(ldflag)
-
 linker_script_ver = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'linker-script-binary.ver')
 
 # Check for iso-codes for country names translation
diff --git a/src/connection-editor/meson.build b/src/connection-editor/meson.build
index 8ab39a91f16bcb79077c712db217d6131103c499..9f354ce150a0b25dc2f2d79bc1154c1ce2fb85ef 100644
--- a/src/connection-editor/meson.build
+++ b/src/connection-editor/meson.build
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ cflags = [
   '-DICONDIR="@0@"'.format(nma_icondir)
 ]
 
-ldflags = []
-if have_version_script
-  ldflags += '-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(linker_script_ver)
-endif
-
 if enable_selinux
   deps += libselinux_dep
 endif
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ executable(
   include_directories: incs,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: cflags,
-  link_args: ldflags,
+  link_args: '-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(linker_script_ver),
   link_depends: linker_script_ver,
   link_whole: libwireless_security_libnm,
   install: true,
diff --git a/src/libnm-gtk/meson.build b/src/libnm-gtk/meson.build
index 569ee8121ac91860ff3db63480abbbfbdf23cbe5..96c3c8bd924462fabae1ffd7e90a6d96024402bd 100644
--- a/src/libnm-gtk/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-gtk/meson.build
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ cflags = [
 
 symbol_map = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'libnm-gtk.ver')
 
-ldflags = []
-if have_version_script
-  ldflags += '-Wl,--version-script,' + symbol_map
-endif
-
 libnm_gtk = shared_library(
   'nm-gtk',
   sources: sources,
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ libnm_gtk = shared_library(
   include_directories: incs,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: cflags,
-  link_args: ldflags,
+  link_args: '-Wl,--version-script,' + symbol_map,
   link_depends: symbol_map,
   link_whole: libwireless_security_libnm_glib,
   install: true,
diff --git a/src/libnma/meson.build b/src/libnma/meson.build
index 9344bde11e32061c95488d272be8ab36d0411ef3..879e1b84652fffc66dd6395ec99d32f961138fd8 100644
--- a/src/libnma/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnma/meson.build
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ cflags = [
 
 symbol_map = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'libnma.ver')
 
-ldflags = []
-if have_version_script
-  ldflags += '-Wl,--version-script,' + symbol_map
-endif
-
 if enable_gcr
   headers += files(
     'nma-cert-chooser-button.h',
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@ libnma = shared_library(
   include_directories: incs,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: cflags,
-  link_args: ldflags,
+  link_args: '-Wl,--version-script,' + symbol_map,
   link_depends: symbol_map,
   link_whole: libwireless_security_libnm,
   install: true,
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index c96f9d0a4cccc9c594642cc120f3715bc3535c58..cd5c9368c9e51b9210272094dcfa7fe77a1624a6 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ cflags = [
   '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(nma_name)
 ]
 
-ldflags = []
-if have_version_script
-  ldflags += '-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(linker_script_ver)
-endif
-
 if enable_appindicator == 'ayatana' or enable_appindicator == 'ubuntu'
   deps += [
     appindicator_dep,
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ executable(
   include_directories: incs,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: cflags,
-  link_args: ldflags,
+  link_args: '-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(linker_script_ver),
   link_depends: linker_script_ver,
   link_whole: libwireless_security_libnm,
   install: true,