diff --git a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
index ed5bc0ae4..9a3b259cf 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ endif(ENABLE_GRC)
 ########################################################################
 # 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
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gnuradio-qtgui.pc
diff --git a/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in b/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
index a1e93eb47..8f0dcd53f 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
+++ b/gr-qtgui/gnuradio-qtgui.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: gnuradio-qtgui
 Description: GNU Radio blocks for QT GUI
 Requires: gnuradio-runtime
 Version: @LIBVER@
-Libs: -L${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}