diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index b3a51ce411..3e02ab401d 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ MAKE="$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make"
 MAKEINSTALL="$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make -j1 DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX install"
 SED="sed -i"
 
+unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 # set package metadata
   PKG_NAME="$1"
   PKG_VERSION="0.0invalid"
@@ -198,10 +200,6 @@ if [[ -z "$PATH" || ( "$PATH" != "$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$TOOLCHAIN/sbin" && "$PATH" = "
   export PATH="$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$TOOLCHAIN/sbin${PATH:+":$PATH"}"
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" || ( "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" != "$TOOLCHAIN/lib" && "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" = "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH#$TOOLCHAIN/lib:}" ) ]]; then
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$TOOLCHAIN/lib${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+":$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"}"
-fi
-
 VERSION_SUFFIX=$TARGET_ARCH
 
 check_path