diff --git a/ghc/utils/mkdependHS/mkdependHS.prl b/ghc/utils/mkdependHS/mkdependHS.prl
index 5f41dd682e6c066dff6a3b0b667ddc34c43000b0..2a51a460caa3f60f1b3a9017713548b601e57d61 100644
--- a/ghc/utils/mkdependHS/mkdependHS.prl
+++ b/ghc/utils/mkdependHS/mkdependHS.prl
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ if ( $ENV{'TMPDIR'} ) { # where to make tmp file names
 $TopPwd	           = "${TOP_PWD}";
 $InstLibDirGhc     = "${libdir}";
 $InstLibExecDirGhc = "${libexecdir}";
-$InstHsLibDirGhc   = "${libdir}/hslibs";
 $InstDataDirGhc    = "${datadir}";
 
 $Unlit = ($INSTALLING) ? "${InstLibExecDirGhc}/unlit"