diff --git a/projects/gnu.org/glibc/package.yml b/projects/gnu.org/glibc/package.yml
index b4b85f30bc..35ff7b330c 100644
--- a/projects/gnu.org/glibc/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnu.org/glibc/package.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ test:
   dependencies:
     gnu.org/gcc: '*'
   script: |
+    # Putting ourselves in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH breaks literally everything else...
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(echo LD_LIBRARY_PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -v {{prefix}} | tr '\n' ':')
     test "{{hw.platform}}" = "darwin" && exit 0
     case "{{hw.arch}}" in
       x86-64) ARCH=x86_64;;