diff --git a/misc/ncurses-config.in b/misc/ncurses-config.in
index 7f8ba69..3ac2908 100644
--- a/misc/ncurses-config.in
+++ b/misc/ncurses-config.in
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ exec_prefix="@exec_prefix@"
 
 bindir="@bindir@"
 includedir="@includedir@"
-libdir="@libdir@"
 datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
 datadir="@datadir@"
 mandir="@mandir@"
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ do
 	-L*)
 		[ -d ${opt##-L} ] || continue
 		case ${opt##-L} in
-		@LD_SEARCHPATH@) # skip standard libdir
+		*) # skip standard libdir
 			continue
 			;;
 		*)
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ ENDECHO
 		echo $INCS
 		;;
 	--libdir)
-		echo "${libdir}"
 		;;
 	--mandir)
 		echo "${mandir}"