--- a/lib/dlopen.c
+++ b/lib/dlopen.c
@@ -247,105 +247,6 @@ static int _sasl_plugin_load(char *plugi
     return result;
 }
 
-/* this returns the file to actually open.
- *  out should be a buffer of size PATH_MAX
- *  and may be the same as in. */
-
-/* We'll use a static buffer for speed unless someone complains */
-#define MAX_LINE 2048
-
-static int _parse_la(const char *prefix, const char *in, char *out) 
-{
-    FILE *file;
-    size_t length;
-    char line[MAX_LINE];
-    char *ntmp = NULL;
-
-    if(!in || !out || !prefix || out == in) return SASL_BADPARAM;
-
-    /* Set this so we can detect failure */
-    *out = '\0';
-
-    length = strlen(in);
-
-    if (strcmp(in + (length - strlen(LA_SUFFIX)), LA_SUFFIX)) {
-	if(!strcmp(in + (length - strlen(SO_SUFFIX)),SO_SUFFIX)) {
-	    /* check for a .la file */
-	    strcpy(line, prefix);
-	    strcat(line, in);
-	    length = strlen(line);
-	    *(line + (length - strlen(SO_SUFFIX))) = '\0';
-	    strcat(line, LA_SUFFIX);
-	    file = fopen(line, "r");
-	    if(file) {
-		/* We'll get it on the .la open */
-		fclose(file);
-		return SASL_FAIL;
-	    }
-	}
-	strcpy(out, prefix);
-	strcat(out, in);
-	return SASL_OK;
-    }
-
-    strcpy(line, prefix);
-    strcat(line, in);
-
-    file = fopen(line, "r");
-    if(!file) {
-	_sasl_log(NULL, SASL_LOG_WARN,
-		  "unable to open LA file: %s", line);
-	return SASL_FAIL;
-    }
-    
-    while(!feof(file)) {
-	if(!fgets(line, MAX_LINE, file)) break;
-	if(line[strlen(line) - 1] != '\n') {
-	    _sasl_log(NULL, SASL_LOG_WARN,
-		      "LA file has too long of a line: %s", in);
-	    return SASL_BUFOVER;
-	}
-	if(line[0] == '\n' || line[0] == '#') continue;
-	if(!strncmp(line, "dlname=", sizeof("dlname=") - 1)) {
-	    /* We found the line with the name in it */
-	    char *end;
-	    char *start;
-	    size_t len;
-	    end = strrchr(line, '\'');
-	    if(!end) continue;
-	    start = &line[sizeof("dlname=")-1];
-	    len = strlen(start);
-	    if(len > 3 && start[0] == '\'') {
-		ntmp=&start[1];
-		*end='\0';
-		/* Do we have dlname="" ? */
-		if(ntmp == end) {
-		    _sasl_log(NULL, SASL_LOG_DEBUG,
-			      "dlname is empty in .la file: %s", in);
-		    return SASL_FAIL;
-		}
-		strcpy(out, prefix);
-		strcat(out, ntmp);
-	    }
-	    break;
-	}
-    }
-    if(ferror(file) || feof(file)) {
-	_sasl_log(NULL, SASL_LOG_WARN,
-		  "Error reading .la: %s\n", in);
-	fclose(file);
-	return SASL_FAIL;
-    }
-    fclose(file);
-
-    if(!(*out)) {
-	_sasl_log(NULL, SASL_LOG_WARN,
-		  "Could not find a dlname line in .la file: %s", in);
-	return SASL_FAIL;
-    }
-
-    return SASL_OK;
-}
 #endif /* DO_DLOPEN */
 
 /* loads a plugin library */
@@ -499,18 +400,18 @@ int _sasl_load_plugins(const add_plugin_
 		if (length + pos>=PATH_MAX) continue; /* too big */
 
 		if (strcmp(dir->d_name + (length - strlen(SO_SUFFIX)),
-			   SO_SUFFIX)
-		    && strcmp(dir->d_name + (length - strlen(LA_SUFFIX)),
-			   LA_SUFFIX))
+			   SO_SUFFIX))
 		    continue;
 
+		/* We only use .so files for loading plugins */
+
 		memcpy(name,dir->d_name,length);
 		name[length]='\0';
 
-		result = _parse_la(prefix, name, tmp);
-		if(result != SASL_OK)
-		    continue;
-		
+		/* Create full name with path */
+		strncpy(tmp, prefix, PATH_MAX);
+		strncat(tmp, name, PATH_MAX);
+
 		/* skip "lib" and cut off suffix --
 		   this only need be approximate */
 		strcpy(plugname, name + 3);