diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 105502139..f6d12cdf9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ LT_AGE      = @LT_AGE@
 LT_CURRENT  = @LT_CURRENT@
 LT_RELEASE  = @LT_RELEASE@
 LT_REVISION = @LT_REVISION@
-LT_LDFLAGS  = -no-undefined -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) -release $(LT_RELEASE) -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
+LT_LDFLAGS  = -no-undefined -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LT_RELEASE) -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
 
 all: $(srcdir)/configure Makefile $(objects) $(objects)/$(TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET) $(objects)/$(SDLTEST_TARGET)
 
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ $(objects)/$(TARGET): $(GEN_HEADERS) $(GEN_OBJECTS) $(OBJECTS) $(VERSION_OBJECTS
 	$(RUN_CMD_LTLINK)$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(GEN_OBJECTS) $(VERSION_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LT_LDFLAGS)
 
 $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET): $(SDLMAIN_OBJECTS)
-	$(RUN_CMD_LTLINK)$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -static -o $@ $(SDLMAIN_OBJECTS) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	$(RUN_CMD_LTLINK)$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -static -o $@ $(SDLMAIN_OBJECTS) -rpath $(libdir)
 
 $(objects)/$(SDLTEST_TARGET): $(SDLTEST_OBJECTS)
-	$(RUN_CMD_LTLINK)$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -static -o $@ $(SDLTEST_OBJECTS) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	$(RUN_CMD_LTLINK)$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -static -o $@ $(SDLTEST_OBJECTS) -rpath $(libdir)
 
 install: all install-bin install-hdrs install-lib install-data
 install-bin: