--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -225,10 +225,8 @@
 maybe-uninstall-headers: uninstall-headers
 
 install-static: installdirs $(STATIC_LIBS) install-headers
-	-$(MV) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.old
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libreadline.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a
 	-test -n "$(RANLIB)" && $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libreadline.a
-	-$(MV) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhistory.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhistory.old
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libhistory.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhistory.a
 	-test -n "$(RANLIB)" && $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libhistory.a
 
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@
 
 uninstall: uninstall-headers
 	-test -n "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)" && cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && \
-		${RM} libreadline.a libreadline.old libhistory.a libhistory.old $(SHARED_LIBS)
+		${RM} libreadline.a libhistory.a $(SHARED_LIBS)
 	-( cd shlib; ${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} uninstall )
 
 install-shared: installdirs install-headers shared
--- support/shlib-install
+++ support/shlib-install
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@
 RM="rm -f"
 LN="ln -s"
 
-# pre-install
-
-if [ -z "$uninstall" ]; then
-	${echo} $RM ${INSTALLDIR}/${LIBNAME}.${OLDSUFF}
-	if [ -f "$INSTALLDIR/$LIBNAME" ]; then
-		${echo} $MV $INSTALLDIR/$LIBNAME ${INSTALLDIR}/${LIBNAME}.${OLDSUFF}
-	fi
-fi
-
 # install/uninstall
 
 if [ -z "$uninstall" ] ; then