diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1e014ad55c..6bd8bead10 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ if test -x "${BOTAN_CONFIG}" ; then
         for flag in ${BOTAN_LDFLAGS}; do
                 BOTAN_RPATH="${BOTAN_RPATH} `echo $flag | sed -ne 's/^\(\-L\)/-R/p'`"
         done
-        BOTAN_RPATH="${PYTHON_LDFLAGS} ${python_rpath}"
         AC_SUBST(BOTAN_RPATH)
     fi