diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4578b426..8e237a6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
 
             env = os.environ.copy()
             env["CXX"] = env.get("CXX", "g++")
-            env["LDFLAGS"] = env.get("LDFLAGS", "") + f" -Wl,-rpath,{_rpath}"
+            env["LDFLAGS"] = env.get("LDFLAGS", "")
             env["ORIGIN"] = "$ORIGIN"  # if evaluated, it will still be '$ORIGIN'
             subprocess.run(["make", "-j"], cwd=FASTJET, env=env, check=True)
             subprocess.run(["make", "install"], cwd=FASTJET, env=env, check=True)