--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
 	PCAP_CFLAGS="-I$withval -I$withval/bpf"
-	PCAPLIB="-L$withval -lpcap"
+	PCAPLIB="-lpcap"
      else
         AC_ERROR(pcap.h or libpcap.a not found in $withval)
      fi
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   esac ],
 [ if test -f ${prefix}/include/pcap.h; then
      PCAP_CFLAGS="-I${prefix}/include"
-     PCAPLIB="-L${exec_prefix}/lib -lpcap"
+     PCAPLIB="-lpcap"
   elif test -f /usr/include/pcap/pcap.h; then
      PCAP_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/pcap"
      PCAPLIB="-lpcap"
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
 	LNET_CFLAGS="-I$withval/include `$withval/libnet-config --defines`"
-	LNETLIB="-L$withval/lib -lnet"
+	LNETLIB="-lnet"
      elif test -f $withval/include/libnet.h -a -f $withval/src/libnet.a; then
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
 	LNET_CFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
-	LNETLIB="-L$withval/src -lnet"
+	LNETLIB="-lnet"
      else
 	echo "A working combination of libnet.h, libnet.a and libnet-config not found in $withval; get libnet from www.packetfactory.net/projects/libnet and reinstall"
         AC_ERROR(libnet)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   else
 	if test -f ${prefix}/include/libnet.h -a ${exec_prefix}/lib/libnet.a ; then
 	     LNET_CFLAGS="-I${prefix}/include `${exec_prefix}/bin/libnet-config --defines 2>/dev/null`"
-	     LNETLIB="-L${exec_prefix}/lib -lnet"
+	     LNETLIB="-lnet"
 	else
 	     LNET_CFLAGS="`libnet-config --defines 2>/dev/null`"
 	     LNETLIB="-lnet"