--- a/INCHI-1-SRC/INCHI_API/demos/inchi_main/gcc/makefile
+++ b/INCHI-1-SRC/INCHI_API/demos/inchi_main/gcc/makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	ifdef OS_ID
 # or: ifeq ($(OS_ID),$(filter $(OS_ID),0 1 2 3))
 # djb-rwth: avoiding the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH by adding LIB_DIR to runtime library search path
-	LINKER_CWD_PATH = -Wl,-R,"",-rpath=$(LIB_DIR)
+	LINKER_CWD_PATH = -Wl,-R,""
 	endif
 	LINKER = $(C_COMPILER) -s $(LINKER_CWD_PATH)
 endif
--- a/INCHI-1-SRC/INCHI_API/libinchi/gcc/makefile
+++ b/INCHI-1-SRC/INCHI_API/libinchi/gcc/makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	ifdef OS_ID
 # or: ifeq ($(OS_ID),$(filter $(OS_ID),0 1 2 3))
 # djb-rwth: avoiding the use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH by adding LIB_DIR to runtime library search path
-	LINKER_CWD_PATH = -Wl,-R,"",-rpath=$(LIB_DIR)
+	LINKER_CWD_PATH = -Wl,-R,""
 	endif
 	LINKER = $(C_COMPILER) -s $(LINKER_CWD_PATH)
 endif