diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f1738ab79c0f3..d25e0f4496cfe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1664,17 +1664,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
-dnl Taken from https://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue
-case $host in
-   *-*-linux-gnu)
-     AC_MSG_RESULT([Fixing libtool for -rpath problems.])
-     sed < libtool > libtool-2 \
-     's/^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec.*$'/'hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=" -D__LIBTOOL_IS_A_FOOL__ "/'
-     mv libtool-2 libtool
-     chmod 755 libtool
-   ;;
-esac
-
 dnl Replace the BUILDDIR path with the correct Windows path if compiling on Native Windows
 case ${OS} in
    *Windows*)