diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 43ac0ae..014b790 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -23,13 +23,46 @@ const exec = (command) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   child.stderr?.pipe(process.stderr);
 });
 
+const remove_and_rename = async (dirs, removePattern, renamePattern, renameStr) => {
+  dirs.forEach(async dir => {
+    const files = await fsp.readdir(dir);
+
+    for (const file of files) {
+      if (file.match(removePattern)) {
+        await fsp.rm(`${dir}/${file}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // remove version number from shared library file
+    const renameFile = files.find(file => file.match(renamePattern));
+    if (renameFile) {
+      await fsp.rename(`${dir}/${renameFile}`, `${dir}/${renameStr}`);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Shared library matching ${renamePattern} not found in dir: ${dir}`);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 export const update_support_package = async () => {
-  const localDestination = `zaberMotionSupport/ZaberMotionCppSupport-${ZML_VERSION}.zip`;
+  const supportPath = 'zaberMotionSupport/ZaberMotionCppSupport'
+  const localDestination = `${supportPath}-${ZML_VERSION}.zip`;
 
-  await fsp.rm('zaberMotionSupport/ZaberMotionCppSupport', { recursive: true }).catch(() => false);
+  await fsp.rm(supportPath, { recursive: true }).catch(() => false);
   await exec(`aws s3 cp s3://026596715358-us-west-2-production--downloads/downloads/ZML/CPP/${ZML_VERSION}/ZaberMotionCppSupport-${ZML_VERSION}.zip ${localDestination}`);
   await exec(`unzip ${localDestination} -d zaberMotionSupport`);
   await fsp.rm(localDestination);
+
+  // remove unix-style versioning and symlinks for macOS and linux shared libs
+  if (os.platform() === 'darwin' || os.platform() === 'linux') {
+    const dirs = await fsp.readdir(`${supportPath}/lib`);
+    const linuxDirs = dirs.filter(dir => dir.match(/linux.*/)).map(dir => `${supportPath}/lib/${dir}`);
+    const darwinDirs = dirs.filter(dir => dir.match(/darwin.*/)).map(dir => `${supportPath}/lib/${dir}`);
+
+    await remove_and_rename(linuxDirs, /libzaber-motion\.so(\.\d+\.\d+)?$/,
+      /libzaber-motion\.so\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+/, 'libzaber-motion.so');
+    await remove_and_rename(darwinDirs, /libzaber-motion(\.\d+\.\d+)?\.dylib/,
+      /libzaber-motion\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.dylib/, 'libzaber-motion.dylib');
+  }
 }
 
 const update_release_for_module = async modulePath => {
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-libzaber-motion.7.2.dylib
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-libzaber-motion.7.2.0.dylib
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