diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_bundled.py b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_bundled.py
index 72eca18cb28d..7d2d855cd9c7 100644
--- a/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_bundled.py
+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/samba_bundled.py
@@ -5,16 +5,9 @@
 from waflib.Configure import conf
 from wafsamba import samba_utils
 
-def PRIVATE_NAME(bld, name, private_extension):
+def PRIVATE_NAME(bld, name):
     '''possibly rename a library to include a bundled extension'''
 
-    # we now use the same private name for libraries as the public name.
-    # see http://git.samba.org/?p=tridge/junkcode.git;a=tree;f=shlib for a
-    # demonstration that this is the right thing to do
-    # also see http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2011-January/075816.html
-    if private_extension:
-        return name
-
     extension = bld.env.PRIVATE_EXTENSION
 
     if extension and name.startswith('%s' % extension):
diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/wafsamba.py b/buildtools/wafsamba/wafsamba.py
index 3a5d84603365..f6ed3a739471 100644
--- a/buildtools/wafsamba/wafsamba.py
+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/wafsamba.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def SAMBA_LIBRARY(bld, libname, source,
                   pyembed=False,
                   pyext=False,
                   target_type='LIBRARY',
-                  bundled_extension=False,
                   bundled_name=None,
                   link_name=None,
                   abi_directory=None,
@@ -232,10 +231,7 @@ def SAMBA_LIBRARY(bld, libname, source,
             bundled_name = libname.replace('_', '-')
     else:
         assert (private_library == True and realname is None)
-        if abi_directory or vnum or soname:
-            bundled_extension=True
-        bundled_name = PRIVATE_NAME(bld, libname.replace('_', '-'),
-                                    bundled_extension)
+        bundled_name = PRIVATE_NAME(bld, libname.replace('_', '-'))
 
     ldflags = TO_LIST(ldflags)
     if bld.env['ENABLE_RELRO'] is True: