diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 35d19688..0ffbeb6f 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ George Herlin
       test suite operate equivalently regardless of whether valgrind is used or
       whether fwknop is being tested on an embedded system with very limited
       resources.
-    - Suggested that 'make install' run ldconfig since on some systems it
-      appears that ldconfig is not automatically run via the autoconf generated
-      Makefile configs.
 
 Ruhsam Bernhard
     - Reported an issue where the message size test would result in long
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b954958c..cbbab743 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -346,14 +346,3 @@ install-exec-hook:
 	if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/fwknop/access.conf; then \
 		chmod 600 $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/fwknop/access.conf; \
 	fi
-	if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fwknop; then \
-		if ! $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fwknop -h > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
-			ldconfig; \
-		fi \
-	else \
-		if test -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/fwknopd; then \
-			if ! $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/fwknopd -h > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
-				ldconfig -v; \
-			fi \
-		fi \
-	fi