diff --git a/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh b/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
index 50ab6739e..5e605c3de 100755
--- a/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
+++ b/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
@@ -101,13 +101,6 @@ if command_exists "${COMMAND}"; then
     # add debian changelog
     write_changelog "${BASE_DIR}/usr"
 
-    # try to remove rpath
-    if command_exists chrpath; then
-        find "${BASE_DIR}/usr/lib/koreader/libs" -type f -name "*.so*" -print0 | xargs -0 chrpath -d
-    else
-        echo "chrpath tool not found. Skipping RPATH deletion"
-    fi
-
     fakeroot dpkg-deb -b "${BASE_DIR}" "koreader-${VERSION}-${DEB_ARCH}.deb"
 else
     echo "${COMMAND} not found, unable to build Debian package"