diff --git a/m4/sharedlib.m4 b/m4/sharedlib.m4
index 3bb06d0..5d9e62c 100644
--- a/m4/sharedlib.m4
+++ b/m4/sharedlib.m4
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SHARED_LIB], [
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(Solaris)
 			LIB_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'
 			LIB_CFLAGS='-fPIC'
-			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}.${LIB_MINOR} -Wl,-R ${libdir}'
+			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}.${LIB_MINOR}'
 			LIB_PREFIX='lib'
 			LIB_SUFFIX='.so'
 			PLUGIN_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SHARED_LIB], [
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(POSIX)
 			LIB_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'
 			LIB_CFLAGS='-fPIC'
-			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}.${LIB_MINOR}.0 -Wl,-R ${libdir}'
+			LIB_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=${LIB}.${LIB_MAJOR}.${LIB_MINOR}.0'
 			LIB_PREFIX='lib'
 			LIB_SUFFIX='.so'
 			PLUGIN_CPPFLAGS='-DPIC'