diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardev b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
index 7980c43d93..e7e565c04b 100755
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardev
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardev
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 . `dirname "$0"`/ardev_common.sh
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 exec $EXECUTABLE "$@"