diff --git a/cmake/settings.cmake b/cmake/settings.cmake
index 43a0b831..fb001a2c 100644
--- a/cmake/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/settings.cmake
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ set(EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external)
 set(EXTERNAL_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 
 if (UNIX)
-  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib64)
-  file(CREATE_LINK ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib64 ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib SYMBOLIC)
+  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib)
+  file(CREATE_LINK ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib ${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}/lib64 SYMBOLIC)
 endif()