--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$ipv6" = "yes" -a "$ipv6lib" != "none"; then
 	if test -d $ipv6libdir -a -f $ipv6libdir/lib$ipv6lib.a; then
-		LIBS="-L$ipv6libdir -l$ipv6lib $LIBS"
+		LIBS="-l$ipv6lib $LIBS"
 		echo "You have $ipv6lib library, using it"
 	else
 		if test "$ipv6trylibc" = "yes"; then
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ return 0;
 		#
 		AC_LBL_SAVE_CHECK_STATE
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$libcrypto_root/include"
-		LIBS="$LIBS -L$libcrypto_root/lib -lcrypto"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto"
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether we have a system OpenSSL/libressl that we can use)
 		AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
 		    [[
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ return 0;
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 			HAVE_LIBCRYPTO=yes
 			LIBCRYPTO_CFLAGS="-I$libcrypto_root/include"
-			LIBCRYPTO_LIBS="-L$libcrypto_root/lib -lcrypto"
+			LIBCRYPTO_LIBS="-lcrypto"
 		    ],
 		    AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
 		AC_LBL_RESTORE_CHECK_STATE