diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 9c3884f8..1948c5ff 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -1041,12 +1041,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* run ldconfig if it exists */
-	if(handle->trans->state != STATE_INTERRUPTED) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "running \"ldconfig -r %s\"", handle->root);
-		_alpm_ldconfig(handle->root);
-	}
-
 	return(0);
 
 error: