diff --git a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
index 9321343..f78f435 100755
--- a/mythtv/configure
+++ b/mythtv/configure
@@ -4887,7 +4887,7 @@ if enabled taglib; then
         fi
         tagprefix=`taglib-config --prefix`
         tagincludes="-I${tagprefix}/include"
-        taglibs=`taglib-config --libs`
+        taglibs=`taglib-config --libs | sed 's?-L/usr/lib ??'`
     fi
 
     if test $taglib_minor -lt 6 || ! check_lib_cpp taglib/fileref.h TagLib::FileRef $tagincludes $taglibs -lstdc++; then