diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 2af2b3e..21ddc00 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pkgconfig <- function(opt = c("PKG_CXX_LIBS", "PKG_C_LIBS", "PKG_CXX_HL_LIBS", "
 
   path <- Sys.getenv(
     x = "RHDF5LIB_RPATH",
-    unset = system.file("lib", package="Rhdf5lib", mustWork=TRUE)
+    unset = ""
   )
 
   sysname <- Sys.info()['sysname']
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pkgconfig <- function(opt = c("PKG_CXX_LIBS", "PKG_C_LIBS", "PKG_CXX_HL_LIBS", "
                               sprintf('-L%s -lhdf5 %s', 
                                       patharch, winlibs)
                             }, {
-                              sprintf('"%s/libhdf5.a"%s%s', 
+                              sprintf('-lhdf5', 
                                       patharch, .getSzipLoc(patharch), .getDynamicLinks(patharch))
                             }
                      )
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pkgconfig <- function(opt = c("PKG_CXX_LIBS", "PKG_C_LIBS", "PKG_CXX_HL_LIBS", "
                               sprintf('-L%s -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5 %s', 
                                       patharch, winlibs)
                             }, {
-                              sprintf('"%s/libhdf5_cpp.a" "%s/libhdf5.a"%s%s',
+                              sprintf('-lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5',
                                       patharch, patharch, .getSzipLoc(patharch), .getDynamicLinks(patharch))
                             }
                      )
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pkgconfig <- function(opt = c("PKG_CXX_LIBS", "PKG_C_LIBS", "PKG_CXX_HL_LIBS", "
                               sprintf('-L%s -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 %s', 
                                       patharch, winlibs)
                             }, {
-                              sprintf('"%s/libhdf5_hl.a" "%s/libhdf5.a"%s%s', 
+                              sprintf('-lhdf5_hl -lhdf5', 
                                       patharch, patharch, .getSzipLoc(patharch), .getDynamicLinks(patharch))
                             }
                      )
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pkgconfig <- function(opt = c("PKG_CXX_LIBS", "PKG_C_LIBS", "PKG_CXX_HL_LIBS", "
                               sprintf('-L%s -lhdf5_hl_cpp -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5 %s', 
                                       patharch, winlibs)
                             }, {
-                              sprintf('"%s/libhdf5_hl_cpp.a" "%s/libhdf5_hl.a" "%s/libhdf5_cpp.a" "%s/libhdf5.a"%s%s',
+                              sprintf('-lhdf5_hl_cpp -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5',
                                       patharch, patharch, patharch, patharch, .getSzipLoc(patharch), .getDynamicLinks(patharch))
                             }
                      )
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ getHdf5Version <- function() {
 #' @noRd
 #' @keywords internal
 .getDynamicLinks <- function(path) {
+  return("")
   settings_file <- file.path(path, "libhdf5.settings")
   libhdf5_settings <- readLines(settings_file)
   libstr <- grep("Extra libraries", x = libhdf5_settings, fixed = TRUE, value = TRUE) |>