diff --git a/src/fe-text/meson.build b/src/fe-text/meson.build
index 4da98809..3ceeda12 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-text/meson.build
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ executable('irssi',
     libfe_irc_notifylist_a,
     ],
   install : true,
-  install_rpath : get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir'),
   dependencies : dep
   + textui_dep
 )