diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e71305b5fe9..3f56abcaa68 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ COMMON_FLAGS := -DNDEBUG -O2 $(foreach includedir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I$(includedir
 CXXFLAGS += -pthread -fPIC $(COMMON_FLAGS)
 NVCCFLAGS := -ccbin=$(CXX) -Xcompiler -fPIC $(COMMON_FLAGS)
 LDFLAGS += $(foreach librarydir,$(LIBRARY_DIRS),-L$(librarydir)) \
-		$(foreach library,$(LIBRARIES),-l$(library)) \
-		-Wl,-rpath,../lib/
+		$(foreach library,$(LIBRARIES),-l$(library))
 PYTHON_LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) $(foreach library,$(PYTHON_LIBRARIES),-l$(library))