diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26a6016d..f277ced1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ The result should be a new PR on the Pongo repo.
   [#384](https://github.com/Kong/kong-pongo/pull/384).
 * Fix: compile rocks using the Kong shipped crypto libraries
   [#382](https://github.com/Kong/kong-pongo/pull/382).
+* Fix: setting the LD_PATH broke some other tools. If needed now has to be set
+  on a per-plugin basis.
+  [#390](https://github.com/Kong/kong-pongo/pull/390).
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/pongo.sh b/pongo.sh
index c4a2e5e3..dd2d53e5 100755
--- a/pongo.sh
+++ b/pongo.sh
@@ -1143,8 +1143,7 @@ function main {
       -e KONG_LICENSE_DATA \
       -e KONG_TEST_DONT_CLEAN \
       -e PONGO_CLIENT_VERSION="$PONGO_VERSION" \
-      -e LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/kong-plugin:/usr/local/kong/lib \
-      kong \
+      kong \rL4Fii6LMaYMLpxZfbimntvpuWbTkgve
       "$WINDOWS_SLASH/bin/bash" "-c" "bin/busted --helper=$WINDOWS_SLASH/pongo/busted_helper.lua ${busted_params[*]} ${busted_files[*]}"
     ;;
 
@@ -1213,7 +1212,6 @@ function main {
       -e KONG_CUSTOM_PLUGINS="$CUSTOM_PLUGINS" \
       -e PS1_KONG_VERSION="$shellprompt" \
       -e PS1_REPO_NAME="$repository_name" \
-      -e LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/kong-plugin:/usr/local/kong/lib" \
       $script_mount \
       $history_mount \
       kong $exec_cmd