diff --git a/turbojpeg.py b/turbojpeg.py
index 73edb38..bfa8c67 100644
--- a/turbojpeg.py
+++ b/turbojpeg.py
@@ -408,22 +408,7 @@ class TurboJPEG(object):
 
     def __find_turbojpeg(self):
         """returns default turbojpeg library path if possible"""
-        lib_path = find_library('turbojpeg')
-        if lib_path is not None:
-            return lib_path
-        for lib_path in DEFAULT_LIB_PATHS[platform.system()]:
-            if os.path.exists(lib_path):
-                return lib_path
-        if platform.system() == 'Linux' and 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' in os.environ:
-            ld_library_path = os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH']
-            for path in ld_library_path.split(':'):
-                lib_path = os.path.join(path, 'libturbojpeg.so.0')
-                if os.path.exists(lib_path):
-                    return lib_path
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            'Unable to locate turbojpeg library automatically. '
-            'You may specify the turbojpeg library path manually.\n'
-            'e.g. jpeg = TurboJPEG(lib_path)')
+        return '@libturbojpeg@'
 
     def __getaddr(self, nda):
         """returns the memory address for a given ndarray"""