--- src/configure.in.orig
+++ src/configure.in
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ eof
 	      if test "${vi_cv_var_python_version}" = "1.4"; then
 		  vi_cv_path_python_plibs="${PYTHON_CONFDIR}/libModules.a ${PYTHON_CONFDIR}/libPython.a ${PYTHON_CONFDIR}/libObjects.a ${PYTHON_CONFDIR}/libParser.a"
 	      else
-		  vi_cv_path_python_plibs="-L${PYTHON_CONFDIR} -lpython${vi_cv_var_python_version}"
+		  vi_cv_path_python_plibs="-lpython${vi_cv_var_python_version}"
 	      fi
 	      vi_cv_path_python_plibs="${vi_cv_path_python_plibs} ${python_BASEMODLIBS} ${python_LIBS} ${python_SYSLIBS} ${python_LINKFORSHARED}"
 	      dnl remove -ltermcap, it can conflict with an earlier -lncurses