--- a/gdal.cmake
+++ b/gdal.cmake
@@ -387,9 +387,6 @@
       CACHE STRING "Postfix to add to the GDAL dll name for debug builds")
   set_target_properties(${GDAL_LIB_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "${GDAL_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")
 endif ()
-if (MINGW AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set_target_properties(${GDAL_LIB_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX "-${GDAL_SOVERSION}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
-endif ()
 
 if (MINGW)
   if (TARGET_CPU MATCHES "x86_64")
