--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -1115,7 +1115,6 @@
             exts.append(Extension('_bsddb', ['_bsddb.c'],
                                   depends = ['bsddb.h'],
                                   library_dirs=dblib_dir,
-                                  runtime_library_dirs=dblib_dir,
                                   include_dirs=db_incs,
                                   libraries=dblibs))
         else:
@@ -1329,7 +1328,6 @@
                         print "building dbm using bdb"
                         dbmext = Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c'],
                                            library_dirs=dblib_dir,
-                                           runtime_library_dirs=dblib_dir,
                                            include_dirs=db_incs,
                                            define_macros=[
                                                ('HAVE_BERKDB_H', None),