diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index f3bc1c69..b30c0acb 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ libsysprof_capture_dep = declare_dependency(
 
 if not meson.is_subproject()
   pkgconfig.generate(
-      libraries: [libsysprof_capture],
+                 libsysprof_capture,
         subdirs: [ sysprof_header_subdir ],
         version: meson.project_version(),
            name: 'sysprof-capture-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
index bb3655f8..0574ae62 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ libsysprof_ui_dep = declare_dependency(
 )
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
-    libraries: [libsysprof_ui],
+               libsysprof_ui,
       subdirs: [ sysprof_header_subdir ],
       version: meson.project_version(),
          name: 'sysprof-ui-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index a8ecaae1..107970f8 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ libsysprof_dep = declare_dependency(
 )
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
-    libraries: [libsysprof],
+               libsysprof,
       subdirs: [ sysprof_header_subdir ],
       version: meson.project_version(),
          name: 'sysprof-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),