diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b967cb810f..b4f338ade3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ subdir('gst')
 subdir('sys')
 subdir('ext')
 subdir('tests')
-subdir('pkgconfig')
 subdir('docs')
 
 # xgettext is optional (on Windows for instance)
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-good-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-good-uninstalled.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 727a32ba87..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-good-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-prefix=
-exec_prefix=
-libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/gst-libs/gst
-includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/gst-libs
-pluginsdir=@abs_top_builddir@
-
-Name: GStreamer Good Plugins, Uninstalled
-Description: Streaming media framework, good plugins, uninstalled
-Version: @VERSION@
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@ gstreamer-plugins-base-@GST_API_VERSION@
-
-Libs: 
-Cflags: 
diff --git a/pkgconfig/meson.build b/pkgconfig/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 21a8e48680..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-pkgconf = configuration_data()
-
-pkgconf.set('prefix', join_paths(get_option('prefix')))
-pkgconf.set('exec_prefix', '${prefix}')
-pkgconf.set('libdir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('libdir')))
-pkgconf.set('includedir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('includedir')))
-pkgconf.set('GST_API_VERSION', api_version)
-pkgconf.set('VERSION', gst_version)
-
-# needed for generating -uninstalled.pc files
-pkgconf.set('abs_top_builddir', join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), '..'))
-pkgconf.set('abs_top_srcdir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '..'))
-
-pkg_install_dir = '@0@/pkgconfig'.format(get_option('libdir'))
-
-pkg_files = ['gstreamer-plugins-good']
-
-foreach p : pkg_files
-  infile = p + '-uninstalled.pc.in'
-  outfile = p + '-1.0-uninstalled.pc'
-  configure_file(input : infile,
-    output : outfile,
-    configuration : pkgconf)
-endforeach