diff -up netcdf4-python-1.5.8rel/setup.py.norpath netcdf4-python-1.5.8rel/setup.py
--- netcdf4-python-1.5.8rel/setup.py.norpath	2021-10-31 07:25:17.000000000 -0600
+++ netcdf4-python-1.5.8rel/setup.py	2022-01-19 19:37:47.204865578 -0700
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ 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.