diff --git a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fc8b5e45..9494e0d8a 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ if(ENABLE_GR_QTGUI)
     ########################################################################
     # Create Pkg Config File
     ########################################################################
-    set(PC_LIBS "${QWT_LIBRARIES} ${QT_LIBRARIES}")
-    string(REPLACE ";" " " PC_LIBS_STR "${PC_LIBS}")
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gnuradio-qtgui.pc @ONLY)
 
diff --git a/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in b/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
index a1e93eb47..8f0dcd53f 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
+++ b/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: gnuradio-qtgui
 Description: GNU Radio blocks for QT GUI
 Requires: gnuradio-runtime
 Version: @LIBVER@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgnuradio-qtgui @PC_LIBS_STR@
-Cflags: -I${includedir} -I@QWT_INCLUDE_DIRS@ -I@QT_HEADERS_DIR@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgnuradio-qtgui
+Cflags: -I${includedir}