diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index b8f3fb1..e133ece 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1034,8 +1034,6 @@ else:
             # follow FHS, put in /usr/local/libXX, not /usr/libXX
             # may be lib, lib32 or lib64
             python_libdir = polystr(python_libdir)
-            python_libdir = python_libdir.replace("/usr/lib",
-                                                  "/usr/local/lib")
 
         py_config_text = config.GetPythonValue('config vars',
                                                PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_IMPORT,