--- a/buildutils/python-autoconf.py
+++ b/buildutils/python-autoconf.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if py_stdlibdir:
 else:
     py_stdlibdir_real  = "%s/lib" % (sysconfig.PREFIX,) 
 
-py_lib_configdir = get_py_config_var('LIBPL')
+py_lib_configdir = ''  # get_py_config_var('LIBPL')
 if py_lib_configdir:
     py_lib_configdir=py_lib_configdir.replace(py_stdlibdir,py_stdlibdir_real)