treewide: Remove now-unneeded LD_LIBRARY_PATH in cmake derivations

Since the setting DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH was disabled, we can now run
the checkPhase of cmake derivations without having to tweak the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH anymore.

44 files changed, 3 insertions, 191 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
index cd16fe1de08..1087bba9705 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
     export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=${qtbase.bin}/${qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}
   '';
 
-  # During build, binaries are called that rely on freshly built
-  # libraries.  These reside in build/lib, and are not found by
-  # default.
-  preBuild = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/lib:$PWD/VTK/ThirdParty/vtkm/vtk-m/lib
-  '';
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
     "-DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_FFMPEG=ON"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
index f7c01ce4649..e90ac480eb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/audio/soxr/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ]; # headers are just two and very small
 
-  preConfigure =
-    if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-      export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}"`pwd`/build/src
-    '' else ''
-      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}"`pwd`/build/src
-    '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/wireshark/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/wireshark/default.nix
index b7490558619..2f41d0ec55f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/wireshark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/wireshark/default.nix
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i -e '1i cmake_policy(SET CMP0025 NEW)' CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/run"
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
     # to remove "cycle detected in the references"
     mkdir -p $dev/lib/wireshark
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
index 1c6fe68480d..e33ef517088 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       test-xml-pricedb \
       test-xml-transaction \
       test-xml2-is-file
-
-      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/lib:$PWD/lib/gnucash:$PWD/lib/gnucash/test:$PWD/lib/gnucash/test/future"
   '';
 
   preFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/dsd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/dsd/default.nix
index e885270370e..c9897474066 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/dsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/dsd/default.nix
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optionals portaudioSupport [ portaudio ];
 
   doCheck = true;
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Digital Speech Decoder";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
index 4867e6c9ed5..3afd997f70f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs ..
   '';
 
-  # needed by tests (so libsimgrid.so is found)
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/build/lib"
-  '';
-
   doCheck = true;
   preCheck = ''
     # prevent the execution of tests known to fail
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/avidemux/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/avidemux/default.nix
index d6b0467fb72..35c628f8a59 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/avidemux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/avidemux/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cd "$sourceRoot"
     patchPhase
 
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}${libXext}/lib"
     ${stdenv.shell} bootStrap.bash \
       --with-core \
       ${if withQT then "--with-qt" else "--without-qt"} \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/halide/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/halide/default.nix
index 916d8fa56f7..853cf1a663e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/halide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/halide/default.nix
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF" "-DWITH_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF" ];
 
-  # To handle the lack of 'local' RPATH; required, as they call one of
-  # their built binaries requiring their libs, in the build process.
-  preBuild = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)/src''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
   # Note: only openblas and not atlas part of this Nix expression
   # see pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/3.5.0.nix
   # to get a hint howto setup atlas instead of openblas
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
index 6594872a258..d00a354be18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/solc/default.nix
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ let
     doCheck = false;
 
     checkPhase = ''
-      while IFS= read -r -d ''' dir
-      do
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$(pwd)/$dir
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-      done <   <(find . -type d -print0)
-
       pushd ..
       # IPC tests need aleth avaliable, so we disable it
       sed -i "s/IPC_ENABLED=true/IPC_ENABLED=false\nIPC_FLAGS=\"--no-ipc\"/" ./scripts/tests.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/mbelib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/mbelib/default.nix
index dc01027c469..dccb738a30f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/mbelib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/mbelib/default.nix
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   doCheck = true;
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "P25 Phase 1 and ProVoice vocoder";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
index 045595a84fd..8640fb6b5c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
   checkTarget = "test";
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libcaf_core:$PWD/libcaf_io
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libcaf_core:$PWD/libcaf_io
-  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An open source implementation of the actor model in C++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-netlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-netlib/default.nix
index 6085a3c849c..1effce91551 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-netlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-netlib/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCPP-NETLIB_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
   ];
 
-  # The test driver binary lacks an RPath to the library's libs
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libs/network/src
-  '';
-
   # Most tests make network GET requests to various websites
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
index a1e7137d92a..723865ab11d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCTESTS=ON" ];
   doCheck = true;
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  '';
   checkTarget = "criterion_tests test";
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
index d7fe4e92802..51336a9e1a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DPLUGIN_VIEW_GRANTLEE=ON"
   ];
 
-  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/Cutelyst:`pwd`/EventLoopEPoll"
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C++ Web Framework built on top of Qt";
     homepage = "https://cutelyst.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/docopt_cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/docopt_cpp/default.nix
index 4fae1db9ba3..2e37e073fb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/docopt_cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/docopt_cpp/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                 "@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@"
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd) python ./run_tests";
+  checkPhase = "python ./run_tests";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C++11 port of docopt";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/galario/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/galario/default.nix
index 7fb93a61a0f..8454bcfc219 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/galario/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/galario/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preCheck = ''
-    ${if stdenv.isDarwin then "export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src/" else "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src/"}
     ${if enablePython then "sed -i -e 's|^#!.*|#!${stdenv.shell}|' python/py.test.sh" else ""}
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix
index b598d846f9e..e36793debdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  # needed to find libigraph, and liblas on darwin
-  preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${lib.makeLibraryPath [ blas ]}:$PWD/src"
-  '' else ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/src"
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/share"
     cp -r doc "$out/share"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
index 77d49c70003..d9cf9a6c434 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's/#define JSONCPP_USING_SECURE_MEMORY 0/#define JSONCPP_USING_SECURE_MEMORY 1/' include/json/version.h
   '';
 
-  # Hack to be able to run the test, broken because we use
-  # CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH to avoid cmake resetting rpath on install
-  preBuild = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/lib''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '' else ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/lib''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python3 validatePkgConfig ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
index 352c810e81a..be0a4fb9154 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
@@ -129,16 +129,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686;
 
-  # The test driver runs a test `LibraryCLinkageTest` which without
-  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting errors with:
-  #     /build/source/build/tools/tests/libjxl_test: error while loading shared libraries: libjxl.so.0
-  # The required file is in the build directory (`$PWD`).
-  preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-  '' else ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl";
     description = "JPEG XL image format reference implementation.";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix
index 2440082cce9..f1f6dc1b374 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   checkPhase = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)"  # see #22060
     ctest -j1 -E 'ezminc_rw_test' --output-on-failure
     # -j1: see https://github.com/BIC-MNI/libminc/issues/110
     # ezminc_rw_test: can't find libminc_io.so.5.2.0
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpointmatcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpointmatcher/default.nix
index 31fb5cb05ba..01c3e3e87e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpointmatcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpointmatcher/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
   checkPhase = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD
     ./utest/utest --path ../examples/data/
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtins/default.nix
index b7e02a62fa9..b96c02a35bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtins/default.nix
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD${placeholder "out"}/lib
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD${placeholder "out"}/lib
-  '';
   checkTarget = "tests test";
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix
index 0d34b17198a..c8af82d0491 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/build/source/build/libversion/''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  '';
   doCheck = true;
   checkTarget = "test";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxc/default.nix
index f28420229ab..5091489ba72 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxc/default.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DENABLE_FORTRAN=ON"
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
-    # needed for tests to link
-    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF"
     # Force compilation of higher derivatives
     "-DDISABLE_VXC=0"
     "-DDISABLE_FXC=0"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mailcore2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mailcore2/default.nix
index 4e5a5fdbcdb..65e35217f80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mailcore2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mailcore2/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   checkPhase = ''
     (
       cd unittest
-      LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(cd ../src; pwd)" TZ=PST8PDT ./unittestcpp ../../unittest/data
+      TZ=PST8PDT ./unittestcpp ../../unittest/data
     )
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/oneDNN/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/oneDNN/default.nix
index 42f05a65616..a4c4bb05725 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/oneDNN/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/oneDNN/default.nix
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Tests fail on some Hydra builders, because they do not support SSE4.2.
   doCheck = false;
 
-  # The test driver doesn't add an RPath to the build libdir
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/src
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/src
-  '';
-
   # The cmake install gets tripped up and installs a nix tree into $out, in
   # addition to the correct install; clean it up.
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
index 2c43cfb4cc9..158bc9f405f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/orcania/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd):$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Potluck with different functions for different purposes that can be shared among C programs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/babelouest/orcania";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pugixml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pugixml/default.nix
index c976db88225..73d890e03a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pugixml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pugixml/default.nix
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ check ];
 
-  # Hack to be able to run the test, broken because we use
-  # CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH to avoid cmake resetting rpath on install
-  preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '' else ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
   preConfigure = ''
     # Enable long long support (required for filezilla)
     sed -ire '/PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG/ s/^\/\///' src/pugiconfig.hpp
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix
index d1eb096e08e..102cae24adb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
-  '';
-
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/bpp-core/bpp-core-targets.cmake  \
       --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix
index 8ff6ad433fb..c11b49aa57e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ bpp-core bpp-seq ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
-  '';
-
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
       --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix
index af5d1d00d4d..4b9a62eb762 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ bpp-core bpp-seq ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
-  '';
-
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
       --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix
index ef3f3d5756e..7981fb28ac0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ bpp-core ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
-  '';
-
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
       --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
index 15465c501b4..84762414fef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;  # usual dynamic linker issues
 
-  preCheck = "
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/bin
-  ";
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://elastix.lumc.nl";
     description = "Image registration toolkit based on ITK";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
index 88336f21ed2..9d96368a4cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DINTERFACE64=${if blas.isILP64 then "1" else "0"}"
   ];
 
-  preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib:${blas}/lib:${lapack}/lib
-  '' else ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib
-  '' + ''
+  preCheck = ''
     # Prevent tests from using all cores
     export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/itpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/itpp/default.nix
index b2acbe761b3..c3ff2aeebfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/itpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/itpp/default.nix
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   checkPhase = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/itpp
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/itpp
     ./gtests/itpp_gtests
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix
index 7620844f8d1..ebf167de8d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Run single threaded
     export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
-
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
index 9255889c694..a29706aefc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e '/freetype freetype.c/d' -i ../tests/examples/CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/src/
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/src/
-  '';
-
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
index 5a21af12e33..523fe798168 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdlog/default.nix
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ let
       '';
 
       doCheck = true;
-      preCheck =  if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-        export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-      '' else ''
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-      '';
 
       meta = with lib; {
         description    = "Very fast, header only, C++ logging library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
index eb58e0d54fd..43c6ded8a5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = map fetchpatch patchesToFetch;
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)/lib";
-  '';
-
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   # Shared libraries don't work, because of rpath troubles with the current
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix
index 9dd55482300..b5667f9cfe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd):$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Logging library for C applications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/babelouest/yder";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
index 2064aa0199b..49e8fabd45e 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ let
       touch .git/index .git/modules/library/xml/index
     '';
 
-    preBuild = ''
-      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/depends/protobuf''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    '';
-
     cmakeFlags = [ "-DDFHACK_BUILD_ARCH=${arch}" "-DDOWNLOAD_RUBY=OFF" ]
       ++ lib.optionals enableStoneSense [ "-DBUILD_STONESENSE=ON" "-DSTONESENSE_INTERNAL_SO=OFF" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
index 47a76c33c80..e27e2d4bab3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ in rec {
       substituteInPlace src/common/module.c --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "modprobe"
       substituteInPlace src/common/module.c --replace "/bin/grep" "grep"
 
-      # for pybind/rgw to find internal dep
-      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/build/lib''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
       # install target needs to be in PYTHONPATH for "*.pth support" check to succeed
       # set PYTHONPATH, so the build system doesn't silently skip installing ceph-volume and others
       export PYTHONPATH=${ceph-python-env}/${sitePackages}:$lib/${sitePackages}:$out/${sitePackages}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
index 98cd0cfbdee..8a04d9f9f4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/bin
-  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin) ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/bin
-  '';
-
   excludedTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "MFHDF_TEST-hdftest"
     "MFHDF_TEST-hdftest-shared"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/opencc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/opencc/default.nix
index fbff68abb69..193c541cfab 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/opencc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/opencc/default.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python3 ];
 
-  # let intermediate tools find intermediate library
-  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$(pwd)/src
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$(pwd)/src
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/BYVoid/OpenCC";
     license = licenses.asl20;