diff --git a/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe b/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
index 33bc59902..4012b29f0 100644
--- a/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
+++ b/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ defineDebugInfoPackage xcairo$secondaryArchSuffix \
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	exit 0
 	autoreconf -fi
 	export CFLAGS=-D__BSD_VISIBLE
 
@@ -114,9 +113,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
 		libcairo-xlib
 
-	# make compatibility symlinks
-	ln -s libcairo-xlib.so.$libVersion $libDir/libcairo-xlib.so.2
-
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$developDir
 }