diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index f1bd00823..63ca2c4c7 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ endif
 # we use srcdir/lib for the lib-private header files
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/lib $(ARESINC)
 
-LDFLAGS += -L$(top_srcdir)/lib
-
 VERSION=-version-info 2:2:0
 
 # This flag accepts an argument of the form current[:revision[:age]]. So,