diff --git a/src/looqs b/src/looqs
index 340ae89..8cdae07 100755
--- a/src/looqs
+++ b/src/looqs
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 SELF=$(readlink -f "$0")
 HERE=${SELF%/*}
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/${HERE}/lib"
 export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="/${HERE}/lib/plugins"
 ./bin/looqs
diff --git a/src/looqs-gui b/src/looqs-gui
index 444bee8..75798d2 100755
--- a/src/looqs-gui
+++ b/src/looqs-gui
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 SELF=$(readlink -f "$0")
 HERE=${SELF%/*}
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/${HERE}/lib"
 export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="/${HERE}/lib/plugins"
 "${HERE}/bin/looqs-gui"