diff --git a/kdelibs3.spec b/kdelibs3.spec
index 6a8f63a..65b504d 100644
--- a/kdelibs3.spec
+++ b/kdelibs3.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Summary: KDE 3 Libraries
 Name:    kdelibs3
 Version: 3.5.10
-Release: 61%{?dist}
+Release: 62%{?dist}
 
 License: LGPLv2
 Url: http://www.kde.org/
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ export DO_NOT_COMPILE="libkscreensaver"
    --with-openexr \
    --with-xinerama
 
+# kill rpath harder, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Removing_Rpath
+sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
+sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+
 %if 0%{?apidocs}
   doxygen -s -u admin/Doxyfile.global
   make %{?_smp_mflags} apidox
@@ -454,6 +458,11 @@ sed -i -e "s,^OnlyShowIn=KDE;,OnlyShowIn=KDE3;," %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applica
 
 %check
 ERROR=0
+# verify rpath, or lack thereof
+if [ ! -z "$(chrpath --list %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/kioexec 2>/dev/null | grep RPATH=)" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: the end is neigh, rpath has returned!"
+  ERROR=1
+fi
 %if 0%{?apidocs}
 if [ ! -f %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/index.html ]; then
   echo "ERROR: %{_docdir}/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/index.html not generated"
@@ -579,6 +588,9 @@ touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/crystalsvg 2> /dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 13 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 3.5.10-62
+- kill rpath harder
+
 * Tue Jul 22 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 3.5.10-61
 - drop bootstrap