diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
index 8d448b81b..72dd1982b 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "cmake.h"
 
 #include <cmsys/stl/algorithm>
-#include <cmsys/RegularExpression.hxx>
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
@@ -198,12 +197,6 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::SetOldLinkDirMode(bool b)
   this->OldLinkDirMode = b;
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmComputeLinkDepends::SetSharedRegex(std::string const& regex)
-{
-  this->SharedRegexString = regex;
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::vector<cmComputeLinkDepends::LinkEntry> const&
 cmComputeLinkDepends::Compute()
@@ -881,14 +874,6 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::CheckWrongConfigItem(std::string const& item)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmComputeLinkDepends::PreserveOriginalEntries()
 {
-  // In CMake 2.4 and below all link items were included in order
-  // preservation.  In CMake 2.6 and above we know it is safe to skip
-  // shared libraries.
-  bool skipShared = !this->LocalGenerator->NeedBackwardsCompatibility(2,4);
-
-  // Regular expression to match shared libraries.
-  cmsys::RegularExpression shared_lib(this->SharedRegexString.c_str());
-
   // Skip the part of the input sequence that already appears in the
   // output.
   std::vector<int>::const_iterator in = this->OriginalEntries.begin();
@@ -897,8 +882,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::PreserveOriginalEntries()
         out != this->FinalLinkOrder.end())
     {
     cmTarget* tgt = this->EntryList[*in].Target;
-    if((tgt && tgt->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY) ||
-       (skipShared && !tgt && shared_lib.find(this->EntryList[*in].Item)))
+    if(tgt && tgt->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY)
       {
       // Skip input items known to not be static libraries.
       ++in;
@@ -921,8 +905,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::PreserveOriginalEntries()
   while(in != this->OriginalEntries.end())
     {
     cmTarget* tgt = this->EntryList[*in].Target;
-    if((tgt && tgt->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY) ||
-       (skipShared && !tgt && shared_lib.find(this->EntryList[*in].Item)))
+    if(tgt && tgt->GetType() != cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY)
       {
       // Skip input items known to not be static libraries.
       ++in;
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
index 1b2809bd4..3e42580df 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ public:
   std::set<cmTarget*> const& GetOldWrongConfigItems() const
     { return this->OldWrongConfigItems; }
 
-  /** Set a regular expression that matches strings ending in a shared
-      library extension.  */
-  void SetSharedRegex(std::string const& regex);
-
 private:
 
   // Context information.
@@ -141,7 +137,6 @@ private:
   // Preservation of original link line.
   std::vector<int> OriginalEntries;
   void PreserveOriginalEntries();
-  std::string SharedRegexString;
 
   // Compatibility help.
   bool OldLinkDirMode;
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 119248ed4..6e0f10bf7 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ bool cmComputeLinkInformation::Compute()
   // Compute the ordered link line items.
   cmComputeLinkDepends cld(this->Target, this->Config);
   cld.SetOldLinkDirMode(this->OldLinkDirMode);
-  cld.SetSharedRegex(this->SharedRegexString);
   cmComputeLinkDepends::EntryVector const& linkEntries = cld.Compute();
 
   // Add the link line items.