diff --git a/libguile/lightning/Makefile.am b/libguile/lightning/Makefile.am
index 3b7dfbcce..1d1910ebc 100644
--- a/libguile/lightning/Makefile.am
+++ b/libguile/lightning/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS =		\
 	include		\
 	lib
-
-pkgconfiglibdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfiglib_DATA = lightning.pc
diff --git a/libguile/lightning/configure.ac b/libguile/lightning/configure.ac
index dc3752278..143923f68 100644
--- a/libguile/lightning/configure.ac
+++ b/libguile/lightning/configure.ac
@@ -277,5 +277,4 @@ AC_SUBST(cpu)
 AC_SUBST([LIGHTNING_CFLAGS])
 
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile
-	   lightning.pc
 	   lib/Makefile])
diff --git a/libguile/lightning/lightning.pc.in b/libguile/lightning/lightning.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e13f7c0c4..000000000
--- a/libguile/lightning/lightning.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@
-
-Name: GNU Lightning
-Description: JIT library
-Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llightning
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/
-
-