--- meson-0.56.0.old/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
+++ meson-0.56.0/mesonbuild/utils/universal.py
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@
             pass
     if is_freebsd() or is_irix():
         return 'lib'
-    if os.path.isdir('/usr/lib64') and not os.path.islink('/usr/lib64'):
-        return 'lib64'
+#  if os.path.isdir('/usr/lib64') and not os.path.islink('/usr/lib64'):
+#       return 'lib64'
     return 'lib'