diff --git a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
index 7a1feceb..f0e88234 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
+++ b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ require_gcc() {
 
   export CC="$gcc"
   if is_mac -ge 1010; then
-    export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
+    export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-10.9}
   fi
 }
 
@@ -2208,8 +2208,8 @@ package_option python configure --libdir="${PREFIX_PATH}/lib"
 # python-build: Set `RPATH` if `--enable-shared` was given (#65, #66, #82)
 if [[ "$CONFIGURE_OPTS $PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS ${PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS_ARRAY[@]}" == *"--enable-shared"* ]]; then
   # The ld on Darwin embeds the full paths to each dylib by default
-  if [[ "$LDFLAGS" != *"-rpath="* ]] && ! is_mac; then
-    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath=${PREFIX_PATH}/lib${LDFLAGS:+ $LDFLAGS}"
+  if [[ "$LDFLAGS" != *"-rpath="* ]] ; then
+    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,${PREFIX_PATH}/lib${LDFLAGS:+ $LDFLAGS}"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/build.bats b/plugins/python-build/test/build.bats
index aec81843..76a6b6a5 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/build.bats
+++ b/plugins/python-build/test/build.bats
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ assert_build_log() {
   cached_tarball "yaml-0.1.6"
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub brew false
   stub_make_install
   stub_make_install
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ assert_build_log() {
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 yaml-0.1.6: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT
 make -j 2
 make install
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "yaml-0.1.6"
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub brew false
   stub_make_install
   stub_make_install
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ OUT
   unstub patch
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 yaml-0.1.6: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT
 make -j 2
 make install
 patch -p0 --force -i $TMP/python-patch.XXX
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "yaml-0.1.6"
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub brew false
   stub_make_install
   stub_make_install
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ OUT
   unstub patch
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 yaml-0.1.6: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT
 make -j 2
 make install
 patch -p1 --force -i $TMP/python-patch.XXX
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ OUT
   BREW_PREFIX="$TMP/homebrew-prefix"
   mkdir -p "$BREW_PREFIX"
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
   stub brew "--prefix : echo '$BREW_PREFIX'" false
   stub_make_install
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include -I$BREW_PREFIX/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -L$BREW_PREFIX/lib -Wl,-rpath,$BREW_PREFIX/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include -I$BREW_PREFIX/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib -L$BREW_PREFIX/lib -Wl,-rpath,$BREW_PREFIX/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ OUT
   brew_libdir="$TMP/homebrew-yaml"
   mkdir -p "$brew_libdir"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
   stub brew "--prefix libyaml : echo '$brew_libdir'"
   for i in {1..4}; do stub brew false; done
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ OUT
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I$brew_libdir/include -I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L$brew_libdir/lib -L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I$brew_libdir/include -I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L$brew_libdir/lib -L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "yaml-0.1.6"
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub brew true; brew
   stub_make_install
   stub_make_install
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ OUT
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+yaml-0.1.6: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 yaml-0.1.6: --prefix=${TMP}/install
 make -j 2
 make install
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ OUT
 
   readline_libdir="$TMP/homebrew-readline"
   mkdir -p "$readline_libdir"
-  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub brew false; done
   stub brew "--prefix readline : echo '$readline_libdir'"
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I$readline_libdir/include -I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L$readline_libdir/lib -L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I$readline_libdir/include -I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L$readline_libdir/lib -L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ OUT
 
   for lib in readline sqlite3; do
 
-    for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
+    for i in {1..7}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
     stub uname '-r : echo 11.0-RELEASE'
     for i in {1..2}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
     stub sysctl '-n hw.ncpu : echo 1'
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ DEF
     unstub sysctl
 
     assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 1
 make install
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ OUT
 @test "no library searches performed during normal operation touch homebrew in non-MacOS" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub brew true; brew
   stub_make_install
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ OUT
 @test "no library searches performed during normal operation touch homebrew if envvar is set" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..5}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..4}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
   stub brew true; brew
   stub_make_install
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ OUT
   mkdir -p "$readline_libdir/include/readline"
   touch "$readline_libdir/include/readline/rlconf.h"
 
-  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
 
   for i in {1..3}; do stub brew false; done
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib CPPFLAGS=-I$readline_libdir/include LDFLAGS=-L$readline_libdir/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ OUT
   mkdir -p "$tcl_tk_libdir/lib"
   echo "TCL_VERSION='$tcl_tk_version'" >>"$tcl_tk_libdir/lib/tclConfig.sh"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
 
   stub brew false
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/lib/pkgconfig"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/lib/pkgconfig"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=${TMP}/install --enable-shared --libdir=${TMP}/install/lib --with-tcltk-libs=-L${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/lib -ltcl$tcl_tk_version -ltk$tcl_tk_version --with-tcltk-includes=-I${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/include
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ OUT
   tcl_tk_version_long="8.6.10"
   tcl_tk_version="${tcl_tk_version_long%.*}"
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
 
   for i in {1..4}; do stub brew false; done
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib --with-tcltk-libs=-L${TMP}/custom-tcl-tk/lib -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ OUT
 @test "tcl-tk is linked from Homebrew via pkgconfig only when envvar is set" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
 
   tcl_tk_libdir="$TMP/homebrew-tcl-tk"
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/lib/pkgconfig"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TMP}/homebrew-tcl-tk/lib/pkgconfig"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=${TMP}/install --enable-shared --libdir=${TMP}/install/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ OUT
 @test "number of CPU cores defaults to 2" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'; done
 
   stub sysctl false
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ OUT
 @test "number of CPU cores is detected on Mac" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'; done
 
   stub sysctl '-n hw.ncpu : echo 4'
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 4
 make install
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ OUT
 @test "number of CPU cores is detected on FreeBSD" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
+  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
   stub uname '-r : echo 11.0-RELEASE'
   for i in {1..2}; do stub uname '-s : echo FreeBSD'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub pkg false; done
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 1
 make install
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ OUT
 @test "setting PYTHON_MAKE_INSTALL_OPTS to a multi-word string" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
 
   stub_make_install
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install DOGE="such wow"
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ OUT
 @test "(PYTHON_)CONFIGURE_OPTS and (PYTHON_)MAKE_OPTS take priority over automatically added options" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
 
   stub_make_install
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib --custom-configure --custom-python-configure
 make -j 2 --custom-make --custom-python-make
 make install --custom-make-install
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ OUT
 @test "configuring with dSYM in MacOS" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 1010'; done
   for i in {1..4}; do stub brew false; done
   stub_make_install
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=${TMP}/install/lib --with-dsymutil
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ OUT
 @test "configuring with dSYM has no effect in non-MacOS" {
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub_make_install
 
   run_inline_definition <<DEF
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ DEF
   unstub make
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=${TMP}/install/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
   stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD" "-r : echo 9.1"
-  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
+  for i in {1..6}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
   stub uname "-r : echo 9.1"
   for i in {1..2}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
 
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
   stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD" "-r : echo 10.0-RELEASE"
-  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
+  for i in {1..6}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
   stub uname "-r : echo 10.0-RELEASE"
   for i in {1..2}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
 
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ OUT
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
   stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD" "-r : echo 11.0-RELEASE"
-  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
+  for i in {1..6}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
   stub uname "-r : echo 11.0-RELEASE"
   for i in {1..2}; do stub uname "-s : echo FreeBSD"; done
 
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ apply -p1 -i /my/patch.diff
 exec ./configure "\$@"
 CONF
 
-  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub apply 'echo apply "$@" >> build.log'
   stub_make_install
 
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ DEF
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
 apply -p1 -i /my/patch.diff
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=""
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/compiler.bats b/plugins/python-build/test/compiler.bats
index 71195839..8f9f3eea 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/compiler.bats
+++ b/plugins/python-build/test/compiler.bats
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ export -n CC
 export -n PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS
 
 @test "require_gcc on OS X 10.9" {
-  # pyenv/pyenv#1026
-  stub uname false '-s : echo Darwin'
-  stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.9.5'
 
-  stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'
-  stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.9.5'
-  stub gcc '--version : echo 4.2.1' '--version : echo 4.2.1'
+  for i in {1..3}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.9.5'; done
+
+  stub gcc '--version : echo 4.2.1'
 
   run_inline_definition <<DEF
 require_gcc
@@ -26,22 +24,28 @@ DEF
 CC=${TMP}/bin/gcc
 MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
 OUT
+
+  unstub uname
+  unstub sw_vers
+  unstub gcc
 }
 
 @test "require_gcc on OS X 10.10" {
-  # pyenv/pyenv#1026
-  stub uname false '-s : echo Darwin'
-  stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'
+  for i in {1..3}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..2}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'; done
 
-  stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'
-  stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'
-  stub gcc '--version : echo 4.2.1' '--version : echo 4.2.1'
+  stub gcc '--version : echo 4.2.1'
 
   run_inline_definition <<DEF
 require_gcc
 echo CC=\$CC
 echo MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=\${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET-no}
 DEF
+
+  unstub uname
+  unstub sw_vers
+  unstub gcc
+
   assert_success
   assert_output <<OUT
 CC=${TMP}/bin/gcc
@@ -50,20 +54,22 @@ OUT
 }
 
 @test "require_gcc silences warnings" {
-  stub gcc '--version : echo warning >&2; echo 4.2.1' '--version : echo warning >&2; echo 4.2.1'
+  stub gcc '--version : echo warning >&2; echo 4.2.1'
 
   run_inline_definition <<DEF
 require_gcc
 echo \$CC
 DEF
   assert_success "${TMP}/bin/gcc"
+
+  unstub gcc
 }
 
 @test "CC=clang by default on OS X 10.10" {
   mkdir -p "$INSTALL_ROOT"
   cd "$INSTALL_ROOT"
 
-  for i in {1..10}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
+  for i in {1..9}; do stub uname '-s : echo Darwin'; done
   for i in {1..3}; do stub sw_vers '-productVersion : echo 10.10'; done
 
   stub cc 'false'
@@ -85,10 +91,6 @@ exec 4<&1
 build_package_standard python
 DEF
   assert_success
-
-  unstub uname
-  unstub sw_vers
-
   assert_output <<OUT
 ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=${TMP}/install/lib
 CC=clang
@@ -96,13 +98,16 @@ CFLAGS=no
 make -j 2
 make install
 OUT
+
+  unstub uname
+  unstub sw_vers
+
 }
 
 @test "passthrough CFLAGS_EXTRA to micropython compiler" {
     mkdir -p "$INSTALL_ROOT/mpy-cross"
     mkdir -p "$INSTALL_ROOT/ports/unix"
     mkdir -p "$INSTALL_ROOT/bin"
-    # touch "$INSTALL_ROOT/bin/python"
     cd "$INSTALL_ROOT"
 
     stub make true true '(for a in "$@"; do echo $a; done)|grep -E "^CFLAGS_EXTRA="' true
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ exec 4<&1
 CFLAGS_EXTRA='-Wno-floating-conversion' build_package_micropython
 DEF
 
-    #assert_success
+    assert_success
     assert_output <<OUT
 CFLAGS_EXTRA=-DMICROPY_PY_SYS_PATH_DEFAULT='".frozen:${TMP}/install/lib/micropython"' -Wno-floating-conversion
 OUT
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/pyenv_ext.bats b/plugins/python-build/test/pyenv_ext.bats
index 69231001..dd554f6a 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/pyenv_ext.bats
+++ b/plugins/python-build/test/pyenv_ext.bats
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ run_inline_definition_with_name() {
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
 patch -p0 --force -i $TMP/python-patch.XXX
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ OUT
 patch: bar
 patch: baz
 patch: foo
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make install
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ OUT
   assert_success
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib
 make -j 2
 make altinstall
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ EOS
   cached_tarball "Python-3.6.2"
 
   for i in {1..4}; do stub brew false; done
-  for i in {1..8}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
+  for i in {1..7}; do stub uname '-s : echo Linux'; done
   stub "$MAKE" \
     " : echo \"$MAKE \$@\" >> build.log" \
     " : echo \"$MAKE \$@\" >> build.log && cat build.log >> '$INSTALL_ROOT/build.log'"
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ EOS
   assert_success
 
   assert_build_log <<OUT
-Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath=${TMP}/install/lib"
+Python-3.6.2: CPPFLAGS="-I${TMP}/install/include" LDFLAGS="-L${TMP}/install/lib -Wl,-rpath,${TMP}/install/lib"
 Python-3.6.2: --prefix=$INSTALL_ROOT --enable-shared --libdir=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib --enable-unicode=ucs2
 make -j 2
 make install