diff -ru meson-0.49.1.orig/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py meson-0.49.1/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
--- meson-0.49.1.orig/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py	2019-01-23 17:46:50.000000000 +0100
+++ meson-0.49.1/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py	2019-01-29 14:38:45.590583458 +0100
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@
     subprocess.check_call(['jar', 'ufm', fname, 'META-INF/MANIFEST.MF'])
 
 def fix_rpath(fname, new_rpath, final_path, install_name_mappings, verbose=True):
+    return
     # Static libraries never have rpaths
     if fname.endswith('.a'):
         return
