--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 
 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
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@
 		# at the front of the header and library search path.
 		#
 		CFLAGS="-I$withval/include $CFLAGS"
-		LIBS="-L$withval/lib $LIBS"
 	fi
 ],[
 	#