diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index aa75b636..cb2eb36c 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ if install_static
                  libsysprof_capture,
         subdirs: [ sysprof_header_subdir ],
     description: 'The static capture library for tools that generate profiling capture data',
-    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'),
       variables: [ 'datadir=' + datadir_for_pc_file ],
     libraries_private: libsysprof_capture_deps,
   )
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index e7855fa8..7d221ff9 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ meson.override_dependency('sysprof-@0@'.format(soname_major_version), libsysprof
 pkgconfig.generate(libsysprof,
             subdirs: [sysprof_header_subdir],
         description: 'A library for recording and analyzing system performance',
-        install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'),
            requires: ['gio-2.0'],
           variables: ['datadir=' + datadir_for_pc_file],
 )