diff --git a/projects/aqlprofile/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/aqlprofile/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d144a3d33..ce7c8ebf9c 100644
--- a/projects/aqlprofile/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/aqlprofile/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ set ( DEST_NAME ${AQLPROFILE_NAME} )
 install ( TARGETS ${AQLPROFILE_TARGET} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT runtime )
 install ( TARGETS ${AQLPROFILE_TARGET} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT asan )
 
-option(FILE_REORG_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY "Enable File Reorg with backward compatibility" OFF)
-
-if(FILE_REORG_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY)
-  include(aqlprof-backward-compat.cmake)
-endif()
-
 ## Add the packaging directives for the runtime library.
 if ( ENABLE_ASAN_PACKAGING )
   set ( CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${AQLPROFILE_NAME}-asan )
diff --git a/projects/aqlprofile/aqlprof-backward-compat.cmake b/projects/aqlprofile/aqlprof-backward-compat.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c0bb4f9d50..0000000000
--- a/projects/aqlprofile/aqlprof-backward-compat.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.8)
-
-set(AQLPROF_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-set(AQLPROF_WRAPPER_DIR ${AQLPROF_BUILD_DIR}/wrapper_dir)
-set(AQLPROF_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR ${AQLPROF_WRAPPER_DIR}/lib)
-
-#function to create symlink to libraries
-function(create_library_symlink)
-  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${AQLPROF_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR})
-  set(LIB_AQLPROF "${AQLPROFILE_LIBRARY}.so")
-  set(MAJ_VERSION "${LIB_VERSION_MAJOR}")
-  set(SO_VERSION "${LIB_VERSION_STRING}")
-  set(library_files "${LIB_AQLPROF}"  "${LIB_AQLPROF}.${MAJ_VERSION}" "${LIB_AQLPROF}.${SO_VERSION}")
-
-  foreach(file_name ${library_files})
-     add_custom_target(link_${file_name} ALL
-                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-                  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-                  ../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${file_name} ${AQLPROF_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR}/${file_name})
-  endforeach()
-endfunction()
-
-# Create symlink to library files
-create_library_symlink()
-install(DIRECTORY ${AQLPROF_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR} DESTINATION ${AQLPROFILE_NAME} COMPONENT ${AQLPROFILE_LIBRARY})