diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index ecf4d2d..36e8d15 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/ghc/html/libraries
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Jul 29 2024 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.7.2-1
+- improve ghc_delete_rpaths to delete trailing :_libdir
 - extra: add ghc_merge_filelist from ghc.spec
 
 * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.1-2
diff --git a/macros.ghc b/macros.ghc
index 5cb471b..767dbab 100644
--- a/macros.ghc
+++ b/macros.ghc
@@ -244,20 +244,17 @@ done\
 echo "deleting rpaths:"\
 if ! type chrpath > /dev/null; then exit 1; fi\
 for i in $(find %{buildroot} -type f -executable -exec sh -c "file {} | grep -q 'dynamically linked'" \\; -print); do\
-  if [ -x "$i" ]; then\
 %if %{defined _ghcdynlibdir}\
     chrpath -d $i\
 %else\
     rpath=$(chrpath $i | sed -e "s@^$i: R.*PATH=@@")\
     case "$rpath" in\
          *$PWD/*) chrpath -r "%{ghclibdir}/lib:%{ghclibdir}/lib/%{ghcplatform}" $i ;;\
+         *:%{_libdir}) chrpath -r $(echo "$rpath" | sed -e 's!:%{_libdir}$!!') $i ;;\
+         %{_libdir}:*) chrpath -r $(echo "$rpath" | sed -e 's!^%{_libdir}:!!') $i ;;\
          *) ;;\
     esac\
 %endif\
-  else\
-    echo "%0: no $i executable"\
-    exit 1\
-  fi\
 done\
 %endif