diff --git a/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.3.ebuild b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.3.ebuild
index 6fb8bef03736f..cea18c8179bf1 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.3.ebuild
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ multilib_src_compile() {
 			emake \
 				AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
 				CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
-				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
 				"$@"
 		}
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ multilib_src_install() {
 		installation_py() {
 			emake DESTDIR="${ED}" \
 				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
-				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 				install-pywrap
 			python_optimize # bug 531638
 		}
diff --git a/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-9999.ebuild
index 85bbb04e90aa1..fa2bb4e340074 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-9999.ebuild
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ multilib_src_compile() {
 			emake \
 				AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
 				CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
-				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
 				"$@"
 		}
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ multilib_src_install() {
 		installation_py() {
 			emake DESTDIR="${ED}" \
 				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
-				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 				install-pywrap
 			python_optimize # bug 531638
 		}