diff --git a/examples/pdf-attach-file.cc b/examples/pdf-attach-file.cc
index af1e5267..2cc30262 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-attach-file.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-attach-file.cc
@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     char const* infilename = 0;
     char const* password = 0;
     char const* attachment = 0;
diff --git a/examples/pdf-bookmarks.cc b/examples/pdf-bookmarks.cc
index 1212b86d..e049e423 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-bookmarks.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-bookmarks.cc
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if ((argc == 2) && (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0))
     {
         std::cout << whoami << " version 1.5" << std::endl;
diff --git a/examples/pdf-count-strings.cc b/examples/pdf-count-strings.cc
index 4c21bc58..4a1a8e4e 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-count-strings.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-count-strings.cc
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 2)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-create.cc b/examples/pdf-create.cc
index f4438eab..b5d87618 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-create.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-create.cc
@@ -409,11 +409,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
     if (argc != 2)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-custom-filter.cc b/examples/pdf-custom-filter.cc
index ad4189a3..b986cfcc 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-custom-filter.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-custom-filter.cc
@@ -470,12 +470,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     char const* infilename = 0;
     char const* outfilename = 0;
     bool decode_specialized = false;
diff --git a/examples/pdf-double-page-size.cc b/examples/pdf-double-page-size.cc
index 8f29aad4..a2f79301 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-double-page-size.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-double-page-size.cc
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     // For test suite
     bool static_id = false;
     if ((argc > 1) && (strcmp(argv[1], " --static-id") == 0))
diff --git a/examples/pdf-filter-tokens.cc b/examples/pdf-filter-tokens.cc
index b71857e3..02c3829e 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-filter-tokens.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-filter-tokens.cc
@@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 3)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-invert-images.cc b/examples/pdf-invert-images.cc
index 178cde95..def1dd19 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-invert-images.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-invert-images.cc
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     // For test suite
     bool static_id = false;
     if ((argc > 1) && (strcmp(argv[1], " --static-id") == 0))
diff --git a/examples/pdf-mod-info.cc b/examples/pdf-mod-info.cc
index 6067fcfe..4ee4cdd0 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-mod-info.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-mod-info.cc
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if ((argc == 2) && (! strcmp(argv[1], "--version")) )
     {
         std::cout << whoami << " version " << version << std::endl;
diff --git a/examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc b/examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc
index 2f16b5f0..d8bb233e 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 2)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-npages.cc b/examples/pdf-npages.cc
index d39c6434..93378c71 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-npages.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-npages.cc
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if ((argc == 2) && (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0))
     {
         std::cout << whoami << " version 1.3" << std::endl;
diff --git a/examples/pdf-overlay-page.cc b/examples/pdf-overlay-page.cc
index def047c5..5d5468f1 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-overlay-page.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-overlay-page.cc
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 4)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-parse-content.cc b/examples/pdf-parse-content.cc
index 89460e18..dbe3a451 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-parse-content.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-parse-content.cc
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 3)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-set-form-values.cc b/examples/pdf-set-form-values.cc
index ddd3b2dd..eab24e4f 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-set-form-values.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-set-form-values.cc
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 4)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/examples/pdf-split-pages.cc b/examples/pdf-split-pages.cc
index 381480ef..c79177ee 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-split-pages.cc
+++ b/examples/pdf-split-pages.cc
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     char const* whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
     // For test suite
     if ((argc > 1) && (strcmp(argv[1], " --static-id") == 0))
     {
diff --git a/examples/qpdf-job.cc b/examples/qpdf-job.cc
index f3905e0d..ecebca3b 100644
--- a/examples/qpdf-job.cc
+++ b/examples/qpdf-job.cc
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     if (argc != 1)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFArgParser.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFArgParser.cc
index 868db709..05e7a50e 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFArgParser.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFArgParser.cc
@@ -21,13 +21,7 @@ QPDFArgParser::Members::Members(
     final_check_handler(nullptr)
 {
     auto tmp = QUtil::make_unique_cstr(argv[0]);
-    char* p = QUtil::getWhoami(tmp.get());
-    // Remove prefix added by libtool for consistency during testing.
-    if (strncmp(p, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        p += 3;
-    }
-    whoami = p;
+    whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(tmp.get());
 }
 
 QPDFArgParser::QPDFArgParser(int argc, char const* const argv[],
diff --git a/qpdf/pdf_from_scratch.cc b/qpdf/pdf_from_scratch.cc
index 0dd5bbf7..10f57c38 100644
--- a/qpdf/pdf_from_scratch.cc
+++ b/qpdf/pdf_from_scratch.cc
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     if (argc != 2)
     {
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.cc b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
index 6e4be1ba..5e47327b 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.cc
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ int realmain(int argc, char* argv[])
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
     QUtil::setLineBuf(stdout);
 
-    // Remove prefix added by libtool for consistency during testing.
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
-
     QPDFJob j;
     try
     {
diff --git a/qpdf/test_driver.cc b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
index fd0733fc..46916e15 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_driver.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
@@ -3495,11 +3495,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     if ((argc < 3) || (argc > 4))
     {
diff --git a/qpdf/test_large_file.cc b/qpdf/test_large_file.cc
index e403dd51..8f7f8755 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_large_file.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_large_file.cc
@@ -306,11 +306,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     whoami = QUtil::getWhoami(argv[0]);
     QUtil::setLineBuf(stdout);
 
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
     if (argc != 4)
     {
         usage();
diff --git a/qpdf/test_pdf_doc_encoding.cc b/qpdf/test_pdf_doc_encoding.cc
index 2e7103f8..c29b2d94 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_pdf_doc_encoding.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_pdf_doc_encoding.cc
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     if (argc != 2)
     {
diff --git a/qpdf/test_pdf_unicode.cc b/qpdf/test_pdf_unicode.cc
index 8765cc3f..8964e8a5 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_pdf_unicode.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_pdf_unicode.cc
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     if (argc != 2)
     {
diff --git a/qpdf/test_tokenizer.cc b/qpdf/test_tokenizer.cc
index 33fb160c..b7eae323 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_tokenizer.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_tokenizer.cc
@@ -260,11 +260,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     char const* filename = 0;
     size_t max_len = 0;
diff --git a/zlib-flate/zlib-flate.cc b/zlib-flate/zlib-flate.cc
index d4809dc5..57bec46a 100644
--- a/zlib-flate/zlib-flate.cc
+++ b/zlib-flate/zlib-flate.cc
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     {
         ++whoami;
     }
-    // For libtool's sake....
-    if (strncmp(whoami, "lt-", 3) == 0)
-    {
-        whoami += 3;
-    }
 
     if ((argc == 2) && (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0))
     {