diff -ruw src.orig/Makefile.in src/Makefile.in
--- src.orig/Makefile.in	2009-10-28 18:28:44.000000000 +0100
+++ src/Makefile.in	2009-10-28 18:28:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -1500,10 +1500,6 @@
 config.status: extensions/GNUmakefile.in \
 	include/xtables.h.in include/iptables/internal.h.in
 
-# ldconfig may fail when we are not root (as is the case in build systems)
-# so add appropriate protection that it does not let `make` fail.
-install-exec-hook:
-	-/sbin/ldconfig || :;
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: