diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd4acc222803af94ab2e99f30839bd4b9c61a35f..e7f3487454004aa5d1cbe713b972348e288a82fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ vhook/%.o: vhook/%.c
 
 .depend: version.h $(PROGS_SRCS)
 
+# bandaid to disable triggering shared library installation routines
+DISABLE=yes
+
 include common.mak
 
 VHOOKCFLAGS += $(filter-out -mdynamic-no-pic,$(CFLAGS))
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 750edbf7829fc68602d78e8f076f0e33da3c2662..2dc181bcb1f7ebfb676c6e0bb104546dbfc3aeda 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ OBJS := $(OBJS) $(ASM_OBJS) $(CPP_OBJS)
 
 all: $(LIBNAME) $(SLIBNAME)
 
-$(LIBNAME): $(OBJS)
+$(LIBNAME)$(DISABLE): $(OBJS)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) rc $@ $^ $(EXTRAOBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
-$(SLIBNAME): $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR)
+$(SLIBNAME)$(DISABLE): $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR)
 	$(LN_S) $^ $@
 
 $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR): $(OBJS)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ INSTALL_LIB_TARGETS-$(BUILD_STATIC) += install-lib-static
 
 install: install-libs install-headers
 
-install-libs: $(INSTALL_LIB_TARGETS-yes)
+install-libs$(DISABLE): $(INSTALL_LIB_TARGETS-yes)
 
 install-lib-shared: $(SLIBNAME)
 	install -d "$(SHLIBDIR)"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ install-lib-static: $(LIBNAME)
 
 INCINSTDIR = $(INCDIR)/lib$(NAME)
 
-install-headers::
+install-headers$(DISABLE)::
 	install -d "$(INCINSTDIR)"
 	install -d "$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig"
 	install -m 644 $(addprefix "$(SRC_DIR)"/,$(HEADERS)) "$(INCINSTDIR)"