diff --git a/ext/extconf.rb b/ext/extconf.rb
--- a/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 		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"