diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
 ldconfig_insecure="NO"	# Set to YES to disable ldconfig security checks
 ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat ${_localbase}/lib ${_localbase}/lib/compat/pkg"
 			# shared library search paths
-ldconfig32_paths="/usr/lib32 /usr/lib32/compat"
+ldconfig32_paths="/usr/lib32/compat"
 			# 32-bit compatibility shared library search paths
 ldconfig_local_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfig"
 			# Local directories with ldconfig configuration files.