--- libtool-1.5.10.orig/ltmain.in
+++ libtool-1.5.10/ltmain.in
@@ -2637,8 +2637,6 @@
 	        add="$libdir/$linklib"
 	      fi
 	    else
-	      # We cannot seem to hardcode it, guess we'll fake it.
-	      add_dir="-L$libdir"
 	      # Try looking first in the location we're being installed to.
 	      if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
 		case "$libdir" in