diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index 93d130a0b5..f37d7dba72 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ function(mayaUsd_init_rpath rpathRef origin)
             set(origin "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${origin}")
         endif()
     endif()
-    # mayaUsd_add_rpath uses REALPATH, so we must make sure we always
+    # mayaUsd_add_rpath uses DIRECTORY, so we must make sure we always
     # do so here too, to get the right relative path
-    get_filename_component(origin "${origin}" REALPATH)
+    get_filename_component(origin "${origin}" DIRECTORY)
     set(${rpathRef} "${origin}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ endfunction()
 # and add a relative path from the origin to the target.
 function(mayaUsd_add_rpath rpathRef target)
     if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${target}")
-        # init_rpath calls get_filename_component([...] REALPATH), which does
-        # symlink resolution, so we must do the same, otherwise relative path
+        # init_rpath calls get_filename_component([...] DIRECTORY), so we must do the same, otherwise relative path
         # determination below will fail.
-        get_filename_component(target "${target}" REALPATH)
+        get_filename_component(target "${target}" DIRECTORY)
         # Make target relative to $ORIGIN (which is the first element in
         # rpath when initialized with mayaUsd_init_rpath()).
         list(GET ${rpathRef} 0 origin)
@@ -160,90 +159,6 @@ function(mayaUsd_install_rpath rpathRef NAME)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-# Initialize a variable to accumulate an rpath.  The origin is the
-# RUNTIME DESTINATION of the target.  If not absolute it's appended
-# to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
-function(mayaUsd_init_rpath2 rpathRef origin)
-    message(STATUS "mayaUsd_init_rpath2: path 1 : ${origin}")
-    if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${origin})
-        if(DEFINED INSTALL_DIR_SUFFIX)
-            set(origin "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${INSTALL_DIR_SUFFIX}/${origin}")
-            message(STATUS "mayaUsd_init_rpath2: path 2-1 : ${origin}")
-        else()
-            set(origin "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${origin}")
-            message(STATUS "mayaUsd_init_rpath2: path 2-2 : ${origin}")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    # mayaUsd_add_rpath uses REALPATH, so we must make sure we always
-    # do so here too, to get the right relative path
-    get_filename_component(origin "${origin}" REALPATH)
-    message(STATUS "mayaUsd_init_rpath2: path 3 : ${origin}")
-    set(${rpathRef} "${origin}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-# Add a relative target path to the rpath.  If target is absolute compute
-# and add a relative path from the origin to the target.
-function(mayaUsd_add_rpath2 rpathRef target)
-    if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${target}")
-        # init_rpath calls get_filename_component([...] REALPATH), which does
-        # symlink resolution, so we must do the same, otherwise relative path
-        # determination below will fail.
-        message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 1 : ${target}")
-        get_filename_component(target "${target}" REALPATH)
-        message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 2 : ${target}")
-        # Make target relative to $ORIGIN (which is the first element in
-        # rpath when initialized with mayaUsd_init_rpath()).
-        list(GET ${rpathRef} 0 origin)
-        message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 3 : ${origin}")
-        file(RELATIVE_PATH
-            target
-            "${origin}"
-            "${target}"
-        )
-        message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 4: ${target}")
-        if("x${target}" STREQUAL "x")
-            set(target ".")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${target}" target)
-    message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 5: ${target}")
-    set(NEW_RPATH "${${rpathRef}}")
-    list(APPEND NEW_RPATH "$ORIGIN/${target}")
-    message(STATUS "mayaUsd_add_rpath2: path 6: $ORIGIN/${target}")
-    set(${rpathRef} "${NEW_RPATH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-function(mayaUsd_install_rpath2 rpathRef NAME)
-    # Get and remove the origin.
-    list(GET ${rpathRef} 0 origin)
-    set(RPATH ${${rpathRef}})
-    list(REMOVE_AT RPATH 0)
-    # Canonicalize and uniquify paths.
-    set(FINAL "")
-    foreach(path ${RPATH})
-        # Replace $ORIGIN with @loader_path
-        if(IS_MACOSX)
-            if("${path}/" MATCHES "^[$]ORIGIN/")
-                # Replace with origin path.
-                message(STATUS "mayaUsd_install_rpath2: before replace: ${path}")
-                string(REPLACE "$ORIGIN/" "@loader_path/" path "${path}/")
-                message(STATUS "mayaUsd_install_rpath2: after replace: ${path}")
-            endif()
-        endif()
-        # Strip trailing slashes.
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "/+$" "" path "${path}")
-        # Ignore paths we already have.
-        if (NOT ";${FINAL};" MATCHES ";${path};")
-            list(APPEND FINAL "${path}")
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-    set_target_properties(${NAME}
-        PROPERTIES
-            INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE
-            INSTALL_RPATH "${FINAL}"
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 #
 # mayaUsd_promoteHeaderList(
 #                        [SUBDIR  <sub-directory name>]
diff --git a/lib/mayaHydra/mayaPlugin/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/mayaHydra/mayaPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 6914298f9b..67a83d0bdd 100644
--- a/lib/mayaHydra/mayaPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/mayaHydra/mayaPlugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,13 +84,7 @@ maya_set_plugin_properties(${TARGET_NAME})
 # run-time search paths
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(IS_MACOSX OR IS_LINUX) 
-    mayaUsd_init_rpath2(rpath "lib/maya")
-    if(MayaUsd_FOUND)
-        #When MayaUsd_FOUND is true, MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY exists as it is required. 
-        #MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY is the full path name of the maya USD API shared library, so get only its directory into MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH
-        get_filename_component(MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH "${MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
-        mayaUsd_add_rpath2(rpath "${MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH}")
-    endif()
+    mayaUsd_init_rpath(rpath "lib/maya")
     if(DEFINED MAYAHYDRA_TO_USD_RELATIVE_PATH)
         mayaUsd_add_rpath(rpath "../../${MAYAHYDRA_TO_USD_RELATIVE_PATH}/lib")
     elseif(DEFINED PXR_USD_LOCATION)
@@ -102,8 +96,14 @@ if(IS_MACOSX OR IS_LINUX)
     if(IS_MACOSX AND DEFINED MAYAHYDRA_TO_USD_RELATIVE_PATH)
         mayaUsd_add_rpath(rpath "../../../../Maya.app/Contents/MacOS")
     endif()
+    if(MayaUsd_FOUND)
+        #When MayaUsd_FOUND is true, MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY exists as it is required. 
+        #MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY is the full path name of the maya USD API shared library, so get only its directory into MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH
+        get_filename_component(MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH "${MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
+        mayaUsd_add_rpath(rpath "${MAYAUSDAPI_LIBRARY_PATH}")
+    endif()
     mayaUsd_add_rpath(rpath "../")
-    mayaUsd_install_rpath2(rpath ${TARGET_NAME})
+    mayaUsd_install_rpath(rpath ${TARGET_NAME})
 endif()
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------