diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 75f1e383af..7083e20ccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ git-annex (6.20180113) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * sync: Fix bug that prevented pulling changes into direct mode
     repositories that were committed to remotes using git commit
     rather than git-annex sync.
+  * Makefile: Remove chrpath workaround for bug in cabal, 
+    which is no longer needed.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:42:55 -0400
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74e00a14e4..5844278a64 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ git-annex: tmp/configure-stamp
 	else \
 		ln -sf dist/build/git-annex/git-annex git-annex; \
 	fi
-# Work around https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/3524
-# when not linked dynamically to haskell libs
-	@if ! ldd git-annex | grep -q libHS; then \
-		chrpath -d git-annex || echo "** warning: unable to chrpath git-annex; it will be a little bit slower than necessary"; \
-	fi
 
 git-annex-shell: git-annex
 	ln -sf git-annex git-annex-shell
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e9fafef6ad..abca2c06ae 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ Build-Depends:
 	curl,
 	openssh-client,
 	git-remote-gcrypt (>= 0.20130908-6),
-	chrpath,
 	gnupg,
 	gpg-agent,
 Maintainer: Richard Hartmann <richih@debian.org>
diff --git a/doc/install/fromsource.mdwn b/doc/install/fromsource.mdwn
index 7973e3dc93..c46321099b 100644
--- a/doc/install/fromsource.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/fromsource.mdwn
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Get the git-annex source code, and inside the source tree, run:
 
 To build with all features enabled, including the assistant and webapp,
 you will need to install several C libraries and their headers,
-including libgnutls, libgsasl, libxml2, libmagic, zlib, and chrpath. How to do
+including libgnutls, libgsasl, libxml2, libmagic, and zlib. How to do
 that for your OS is beyond the scope of this page. 
 
 Once the C libraries are installed, run inside the source tree: