diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 6986a6c57..7cc2dc092 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -2451,9 +2451,6 @@ class StaticLibrary(BuildTarget):
                         suffix = 'ma'
         return (prefix, suffix)
 
-    def get_link_deps_mapping(self, prefix: str) -> T.Mapping[str, str]:
-        return {}
-
     def get_default_install_dir(self) -> T.Tuple[str, str]:
         return self.environment.get_static_lib_dir(), '{libdir_static}'
 
diff --git a/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/main.c b/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..735a406ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/main.c	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include "foo/foo.h"
+
+int main() {
+  foo();
+}
diff --git a/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/meson.build b/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/meson.build
index 093d7deba..5ce4c722a 100644
--- a/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/darwin/1 rpath removal on install/meson.build	
@@ -5,4 +5,13 @@ subdir('foo')
 bar = library('bar', 'bar.c',
   link_with: foo,
   install: true,
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+bar_internal = static_library('bar-internal', 'bar.c',
+  link_with: foo,
+)
+
+main = executable('main', 'main.c',
+  link_with: bar_internal,
+  install: true,
+)
diff --git a/unittests/darwintests.py b/unittests/darwintests.py
index a7345b3c3..fe292dd5c 100644
--- a/unittests/darwintests.py
+++ b/unittests/darwintests.py
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ class DarwinTests(BasePlatformTests):
         rpaths = pattern.findall(out)
         return rpaths
 
+    def _get_darwin_rpath_libraries(self, fname: str) -> T.List[str]:
+        out = subprocess.check_output(['otool', '-L', fname], universal_newlines=True)
+        pattern = re.compile(r'@rpath/\S+')
+        libs = pattern.findall(out)
+        return libs
+
     @skipIfNoPkgconfig
     def test_library_versioning(self):
         '''
@@ -174,6 +180,8 @@ class DarwinTests(BasePlatformTests):
         # Those RPATHs are no longer valid and should not be present after installation
         rpaths = self._get_darwin_rpaths(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'usr/lib/libbar.dylib'))
         self.assertListEqual(rpaths, [])
+        libs = self._get_darwin_rpath_libraries(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'usr/bin/main'))
+        self.assertListEqual(libs, [])
 
     @skip_if_not_language('rust')
     def test_rust_apple_framework_rlib(self):