diff --git a/src/vdpau_wrapper.c b/src/vdpau_wrapper.c
index 79dcb94..6249af4 100644
--- a/src/vdpau_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/vdpau_wrapper.c
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ static VdpStatus _vdp_open_driver(
     if (vdpau_trace && atoi(vdpau_trace)) {
         SetDllHandle * set_dll_handle;

-        _vdp_trace_dll = dlopen(VDPAU_MODULEDIR "/libvdpau_trace.so.1",
-                                RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+        _vdp_trace_dll = dlopen("libvdpau_trace.so.1", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
         if (!_vdp_trace_dll) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open VDPAU trace library %s\n", dlerror());
             _VDP_ERROR_BREAKPOINT();
diff --git a/trace/meson.build b/trace/meson.build
index 5381b8b..4af408f 100644
--- a/trace/meson.build
+++ b/trace/meson.build
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ trace = shared_library('vdpau_trace',
     dependencies : libdl,
     version : '1.0.0',
     install : true,
-    install_dir : moduledir,
 )