diff --git a/libs/ardour/panner_manager.cc b/libs/ardour/panner_manager.cc
index 6230b6b429..cf148f08fa 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/panner_manager.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/panner_manager.cc
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ PannerManager::discover_panners ()
 {
 	vector<sys::path> panner_modules;
 
-	/* We reject symlinked panner .so files below, so we must find the unlinked
-	   (versioned) names here.
-	*/
-	Glib::PatternSpec so_extension_pattern("*.so*");
-	
+	Glib::PatternSpec so_extension_pattern("*.so");
 	Glib::PatternSpec dylib_extension_pattern("*.dylib");
 
 	find_matching_files_in_search_path (panner_search_path (),