diff -ru binutils-2.27-orig/bfd/plugin.c binutils-2.27/bfd/plugin.c
--- binutils-2.27-orig/bfd/plugin.c	2016-10-14 17:46:30.791315555 +0200
+++ binutils-2.27/bfd/plugin.c	2016-10-14 17:46:38.583298765 +0200
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
   if (plugin_program_name == NULL)
     return found;
 
+#if 0
   plugin_dir = concat (BINDIR, "/../lib/bfd-plugins", NULL);
   p = make_relative_prefix (plugin_program_name,
 			    BINDIR,
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@
   free (p);
   if (d)
     closedir (d);
+#endif
 
   return found;
 }