diff --git a/cmake/install.cmake b/cmake/install.cmake
index 26a55be8b..b6823c3f9 100644
--- a/cmake/install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install.cmake
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ if (protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES)
   install(TARGETS protoc EXPORT protobuf-targets
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc
     BUNDLE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc)
-  if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    set_property(TARGET protoc
-      PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
-  elseif (APPLE)
-    set_property(TARGET protoc
-      PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/../lib")
-  endif()
 endif (protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES)
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf.pc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")