diff --git a/cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake b/cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake
index 9b1de677b4..276c99c489 100644
--- a/cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libprotobuf-lite.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ if(protobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 endif()
 set_target_properties(libprotobuf-lite PROPERTIES
     VERSION ${protobuf_VERSION}
-    SOVERSION 32
     OUTPUT_NAME ${LIB_PREFIX}protobuf-lite
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${protobuf_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")
 add_library(protobuf::libprotobuf-lite ALIAS libprotobuf-lite)
diff --git a/cmake/libprotobuf.cmake b/cmake/libprotobuf.cmake
index aa3efc9a68..0f34d20b97 100644
--- a/cmake/libprotobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libprotobuf.cmake
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if(protobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 endif()
 set_target_properties(libprotobuf PROPERTIES
     VERSION ${protobuf_VERSION}
-    SOVERSION 32
     OUTPUT_NAME ${LIB_PREFIX}protobuf
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${protobuf_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")
 add_library(protobuf::libprotobuf ALIAS libprotobuf)
diff --git a/cmake/libprotoc.cmake b/cmake/libprotoc.cmake
index 72b4a1abb9..91e8bbeb04 100644
--- a/cmake/libprotoc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libprotoc.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ endif()
 set_target_properties(libprotoc PROPERTIES
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LIBPROTOC_EXPORTS
     VERSION ${protobuf_VERSION}
-    SOVERSION 32
     OUTPUT_NAME ${LIB_PREFIX}protoc
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${protobuf_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")
 add_library(protobuf::libprotoc ALIAS libprotoc)