diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69bd42e85d4..d71f6a1beb7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -806,10 +806,12 @@ def _check_ld_config(lib: str) -> str:
         if not path:
             continue
 
-        print(path)
-        print(lib)
-        retval = next((fname.strip() for fname in reversed(os.listdir(path))
-                       if lib in fname), "")
+        try:
+        
+            retval = next((fname.strip() for fname in reversed(os.listdir(path))
+                           if lib in fname), "")
+        except:
+            raise ValueError(f"path {path}, lib {lib}")
         if retval:
             break