diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8edb689..8db2aff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 /pkgconf-1.6.3.tar.xz
 /pkgconf-1.7.0.tar.xz
 /pkgconf-1.7.3.tar.xz
+/pkgconf-1.7.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/pkgconf.spec b/pkgconf.spec
index f5c77cd..265068a 100644
--- a/pkgconf.spec
+++ b/pkgconf.spec
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 %global pkgconf_libdirs %{_libdir}/pkgconfig:%{_datadir}/pkgconfig
 
 Name:           pkgconf
-Version:        1.7.3
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        1.7.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
 
 License:        ISC
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ install -pm 0755 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{_target_platform}-pkg-confi
 
 sed -e "s|@TARGET_PLATFORM@|%{_target_platform}|" \
     -e "s|@PKGCONF_LIBDIRS_LOCAL@|/usr/local/%{_lib}/pkgconfig:/usr/local/share/pkgconfig:%{pkgconf_libdirs}|" \
-    -e "s|@PKGCONF_SYSLIBDIR_LOCAL@|/usr/local/%{_lib}:%{_libdir}|" \
-    -e "s|@PKGCONF_SYSINCDIR_LOCAL@|/usr/local/include:%{_includedir}|" \
     -e "s|@PKGCONF_LIBDIRS@|%{pkgconf_libdirs}|" \
     -e "s|@PKGCONF_SYSLIBDIR@|%{_libdir}|" \
     -e "s|@PKGCONF_SYSINCDIR@|%{_includedir}|" \
@@ -213,6 +211,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 28 2021 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> - 1.7.4-1
+- Update to 1.7.4
+- Don't add /usr/local to syspaths (#1953348)
+
 * Mon Feb 22 2021 Tomas Popela <tpopela@redhat.com> - 1.7.3-7
 - Conditionalize the unit tests, disable them on RHEL 9
 
diff --git a/platform-pkg-config.in b/platform-pkg-config.in
index 51c37d3..e5148e7 100644
--- a/platform-pkg-config.in
+++ b/platform-pkg-config.in
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 
 if [ -z "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}" ]; then
 	export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:-@PKGCONF_LIBDIRS_LOCAL@}"
-	export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSLIBDIR_LOCAL@}"
-	export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSINCDIR_LOCAL@}"
 else
 	export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:-@PKGCONF_LIBDIRS@}"
-	export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSLIBDIR@}"
-	export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSINCDIR@}"
 fi
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSLIBDIR@}"
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH:-@PKGCONF_SYSINCDIR@}"
 
 exec pkgconf "$@"
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 387d1f1..8290651 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pkgconf-1.7.3.tar.xz) = 37b6c4f9f3b93970e35b6970fde22fbbde65e7fa32a5634b3fdfc25cc1f33843582722ad13d9a8e96fd6768406fcbe86bf5feb76996ddd0bb66d6ff91e65f0b6
+SHA512 (pkgconf-1.7.4.tar.xz) = 92c080684898b42824a1f1a7e3ce8a600896fc9c20fcf263f032b856fa4c7139607f87ba44d18ed358b8c5f4f04477708800d20a4e10f96e4268a55682f7f0c1