diff -up netcdf4-python-1.5.3rel/setup.py.norpath netcdf4-python-1.5.3rel/setup.py
--- netcdf4-python-1.5.3rel/setup.py.norpath	2019-10-22 09:39:48.000000000 -0600
+++ netcdf4-python-1.5.3rel/setup.py	2019-10-24 17:10:13.963050895 -0600
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ NETCDF4_DIR environment variable not set
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     runtime_lib_dirs = []
 else:
-    runtime_lib_dirs = lib_dirs
+    runtime_lib_dirs = []
 
 # Do not require numpy for just querying the package
 # Taken from the h5py setup file.