--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ dnl If we use /usr as prefix, use /etc f
         fi
 	if test ${libdir} = '${exec_prefix}/lib'
 	then
-		case "`uname -m`" in
-		    x86_64|ppc64|s390x|sparc64)
-			libdir="/lib64" ;;
-		    *)
-			libdir="/lib" ;;
-		esac
+		libdir="/lib"
 	fi
 	if test ${sbindir} = '${exec_prefix}/sbin'
         then
