diff --git a/src/libvterm/Makefile b/src/libvterm/Makefile
index 852c97f..be01dd0 100644
--- a/src/libvterm/Makefile
+++ b/src/libvterm/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile --tag=CC $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 t/harness: t/harness.lo $(LIBRARY)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link --tag=CC $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link --tag=CC $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) -static
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: $(LIBRARY) t/harness
diff --git a/src/libvterm/t/run-test.pl b/src/libvterm/t/run-test.pl
index 96f47fb..82abb29 100644
--- a/src/libvterm/t/run-test.pl
+++ b/src/libvterm/t/run-test.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use POSIX qw( WIFEXITED WEXITSTATUS WIFSIGNALED WTERMSIG );
 
 my $VALGRIND = 0;
-my $EXECUTABLE = "t/.libs/harness";
+my $EXECUTABLE = "t/harness";
 GetOptions(
    'valgrind|v+' => \$VALGRIND,
    'executable|e=s' => \$EXECUTABLE,
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 my ( $hin, $hout, $hpid );
 {
-   local $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = ".libs";
    my @command = $EXECUTABLE;
    unshift @command, "valgrind", "--tool=memcheck", "--leak-check=yes", "--num-callers=25", "--log-file=valgrind.out", "--error-exitcode=126" if $VALGRIND;