diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5ba63b..8364e93 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ size:
 	gzip < bpgdec | wc
 
 install: bpgenc bpgdec
-	install -s -m 755 $^ $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 755 $^ $(prefix)/bin
 
 CLEAN_DIRS=doc html libavcodec libavutil \
      jctvc jctvc/TLibEncoder jctvc/TLibVideoIO jctvc/TLibCommon jctvc/libmd5