diff --git a/ext/extconf.rb b/ext/extconf.rb
--- a/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@
 	incdir = `"#{pgconfig}" --includedir`.chomp
 	libdir = `"#{pgconfig}" --libdir`.chomp
 	dir_config 'pg', incdir, libdir
-
-	# Try to use runtime path linker option, even if RbConfig doesn't know about it.
-	# The rpath option is usually set implicit by dir_config(), but so far not
-	# on MacOS-X.
-	if RbConfig::CONFIG["RPATHFLAG"].to_s.empty? && try_link('int main() {return 0;}', " -Wl,-rpath,#{libdir}")
-		$LDFLAGS << " -Wl,-rpath,#{libdir}"
-	end
 else
 	$stderr.puts "No pg_config... trying anyway. If building fails, please try again with",
 		" --with-pg-config=/path/to/pg_config"