diff --git a/kiwix.pc.in b/kiwix.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 259e1d75a..000000000
--- a/kiwix.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-libdir=${prefix}/lib64
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-
-Name: libkiwix
-Description: A library that contains a lot of things used by used by other kiwix programs
-Version: @version@
-Requires: @requires@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lkiwix @extra_libs@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/ @extra_cflags@
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a0d9f988a..9772a16fe 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -74,20 +74,6 @@ if get_option('doc')
   subdir('docs')
 endif
 
-pkg_requires = ['libzim', 'icu-i18n', 'pugixml', 'libcurl', 'libmicrohttpd', 'xapian-core']
-
-pkg_conf = configuration_data()
-pkg_conf.set('prefix', get_option('prefix'))
-pkg_conf.set('requires', ' '.join(pkg_requires))
-pkg_conf.set('extra_libs', ' '.join(extra_libs))
-pkg_conf.set('extra_cflags', extra_cflags)
-pkg_conf.set('version', meson.project_version())
-configure_file(output : 'kiwix.pc',
-               configuration : pkg_conf,
-               input : 'kiwix.pc.in',
-               install_dir: get_option('libdir')+'/pkgconfig'
-              )
-
 pkg_mod = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg_mod.generate(libraries : [libkiwix] + extra_libs,
                  version : meson.project_version(),