diff --git a/ext/extconf.rb b/ext/extconf.rb
--- a/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
 	else
 		incdir, libdir = dir_config 'pg'
 		dlldir = libdir
-	end
-
-	# 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 dlldir && RbConfig::CONFIG["RPATHFLAG"].to_s.empty?
-		append_ldflags "-Wl,-rpath,#{dlldir.quote}"
 	end
 end