diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf272ba..824957d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -465,15 +465,6 @@ EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS = (EXTRA_INCLUDES + CPPFLAGS + EXTRA_CPPFLAGS +
         CFLAGS + EXTRA_CFLAGS + APR_INCLUDES + APU_INCLUDES)
 EXTRA_LINK_ARGS = PYTHON_LDFLAGS + PYTHON_LDLIBS
 
-# Force adding of LD_RUN_PATH for platforms that may need it.
-
-if os.name != 'nt':
-    LD_RUN_PATH = os.environ.get('LD_RUN_PATH', '')
-    LD_RUN_PATH += ':%s:%s' % (PYTHON_LIBDIR, PYTHON_CFGDIR)
-    LD_RUN_PATH = LD_RUN_PATH.lstrip(':')
-
-    os.environ['LD_RUN_PATH'] = LD_RUN_PATH
-
 # On MacOS X, recent versions of Apple's Apache do not support compiling
 # Apache modules with a target older than 10.8. This is because it
 # screws up Apache APR % formats for apr_time_t, which breaks daemon