diff -up libassuan-2.5.2/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib libassuan-2.5.2/src/libassuan-config.in
--- libassuan-2.5.2/src/libassuan-config.in.multilib	2019-01-08 16:31:11.042204893 +0100
+++ libassuan-2.5.2/src/libassuan-config.in	2019-01-08 16:31:20.026048884 +0100
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ lib="@LIBASSUAN_CONFIG_LIBS@"
 extralibs="$gpg_error_libs"
 cflags="@LIBASSUAN_CONFIG_CFLAGS@ $gpg_error_cflags"
 api_version="@LIBASSUAN_CONFIG_API_VERSION@"
-my_host="@LIBASSUAN_CONFIG_HOST@"
+my_host="myhost"
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 includes=""
@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@ if test "$echo_cflags" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 if test "$echo_libs" = "yes"; then
-    if test "@libdir@" != "/usr/lib" ; then
-      libdirs="-L@libdir@"
-      for i in $lib $extralibs ; do
-	if test "$i" = "-L@libdir@" ; then
-	  libdirs=""
-	fi
-      done
-    fi
+    # libdir is always standard and implicitly searched
+    libdirs=""
     echo $libdirs $lib $extralibs
 fi