--- a/nvidia-settings/src/Makefile
+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/Makefile
@@ -132,3 +132,2 @@
 GTK2LIB_DIR  = $(OUTPUTDIR)/gtk2
-GTK2LIB = $(OUTPUTDIR)/$(GTK2LIB_NAME)
 GTK2LIB_SONAME = $(GTK2LIB_NAME).$(NVIDIA_SETTINGS_VERSION)
@@ -276,4 +275,2 @@
 	$(MKDIR) $(LIBDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_LIB_ARGS) $(GTK2LIB) \
-	    $(LIBDIR)/$(GTK2LIB_SONAME)
 ifdef BUILD_GTK3LIB