diff --git a/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt b/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
index ba80365783..838102344f 100755
--- a/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.8)
 project(hip)
 
-# Set default libdir to be "lib" for ROCm, distros will override this anyway:
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib" CACHE STRING "Library install directory")
-
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 # sample command for hip-rocclr runtime, you'll need to have rocclr built
diff --git a/hipamd/packaging/hip-tests.txt b/hipamd/packaging/hip-tests.txt
index 594b0e5cb0..1ca6031f59 100644
--- a/hipamd/packaging/hip-tests.txt
+++ b/hipamd/packaging/hip-tests.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.8)
 project(hip_catch_tests)
-# Set default libdir to be "lib" for ROCm, distros/users can override this
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib" CACHE STRING "Library install directory")
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 install(DIRECTORY @PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/catch
diff --git a/hipamd/src/hiprtc/CMakeLists.txt b/hipamd/src/hiprtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f994e9b01..0f9e306d2f 100644
--- a/hipamd/src/hiprtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipamd/src/hiprtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ set(HIPRTC_OBJECTS ${HIPRTC_OBJECTS} PARENT_SCOPE)
 add_dependencies(hiprtc hiprtc-builtins)
 install(TARGETS hiprtc-builtins
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS hiprtc
   EXPORT hiprtc-targets
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})