diff --git a/python/setup-build.sh.in b/python/setup-build.sh.in
index 3713cf082..7f214b676 100644
--- a/python/setup-build.sh.in
+++ b/python/setup-build.sh.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rm -f opm/libopmcommon_python*
 
 export CC=@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@
 
-@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@ setup.py build build_ext --build-lib=opm \
+@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@ setup.py build build_ext \
 --library-dirs=@_setup_lib_dirs@ \
 @_rpath_arg@ \
 --include-dirs=@_setup_include_dirs@