diff --git a/test/common/shared-lib-util.js b/test/common/shared-lib-util.js
index 9f891a6043ef3d..f40acd783ba0e7 100644
--- a/test/common/shared-lib-util.js
+++ b/test/common/shared-lib-util.js
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ function addLibraryPath(env) {
 
   env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
     (env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH ? env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH + path.delimiter : '') +
-    path.join(kExecPath, 'lib.target');
+    kExecPath;
   // For AIX.
   env.LIBPATH =
     (env.LIBPATH ? env.LIBPATH + path.delimiter : '') +
-    path.join(kExecPath, 'lib.target');
+    kExecPath;
   // For Mac OSX.
   env.DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH =
     (env.DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ? env.DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH + path.delimiter : '') +
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ function addLibraryPath(env) {
 function getSharedLibPath() {
   if (common.isWindows) {
     return path.join(kExecPath, 'node.dll');
-  } else if (common.isOSX) {
-    return path.join(kExecPath, `libnode.${kShlibSuffix}`);
   }
-  return path.join(kExecPath, 'lib.target', `libnode.${kShlibSuffix}`);
+  return path.join(kExecPath, `libnode.${kShlibSuffix}`);
 }
 
 // Get the binary path of stack frames.
diff --git a/tools/install.py b/tools/install.py
index 655802980a6ea9..729b416fc47d3f 100755
--- a/tools/install.py
+++ b/tools/install.py
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ def files(action):
       output_file += '.dll'
     else:
       output_file = 'lib' + output_file + '.' + variables.get('shlib_suffix')
-      # GYP will output to lib.target except on OS X, this is hardcoded
-      # in its source - see the _InstallableTargetInstallPath function.
-      if sys.platform != 'darwin':
-        output_prefix += 'lib.target/'
 
   if 'false' == variables.get('node_shared'):
     action([output_prefix + output_file], 'bin/' + output_file)