diff --git a/pkgconfig/Makefile.am b/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
index 49cd45fe20..6b2cd965cb 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
-if USE_GCONF
-GCONF_PC=gstreamer-gconf-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc
-GCONF_PC_UNINSTALLED=gstreamer-gconf-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc
-else
-GCONF_PC=
-GCONF_PC_UNINSTALLED=
-endif
-
 ### all of the standard pc files we need to generate
 pcverfiles =  \
-	$(GCONF_PC) \
-	gstreamer-interfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
-	gstreamer-libs-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
-	gstreamer-media-info-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
-	gstreamer-play-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
-	gstreamer-plugins-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc
-pcverfiles_uninstalled = \
-	$(GCONF_PC_UNINSTALLED) \
-	gstreamer-interfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
-	gstreamer-libs-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
-	gstreamer-media-info-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
-	gstreamer-play-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
-	gstreamer-plugins-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc
+	gstreamer-libs-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc
+
+pcverfiles_uninstalled = \
+	gstreamer-libs-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc
 
-pcverfiles_gconf = $(GCONF_PC) $(GCONF_PC_UNINSTALLED)
 all-local: $(pcverfiles) $(pcverfiles_uninstalled)
 
 ### how to generate versioned .pc files from .pc files in this dir
@@ -36,12 +18,7 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = $(pcverfiles)
 
 CLEANFILES = $(pcverfiles) $(pcverfiles_uninstalled)
 pcinfiles = \
-           gstreamer-gconf.pc.in gstreamer-gconf-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-interfaces.pc.in gstreamer-interfaces-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-libs.pc.in gstreamer-libs-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-media-info.pc.in gstreamer-media-info-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-play.pc.in gstreamer-play-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-plugins.pc.in gstreamer-plugins-uninstalled.pc.in
+           gstreamer-libs.pc.in gstreamer-libs-uninstalled.pc.in
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = $(pcinfiles:.in=)
 EXTRA_DIST = $(pcinfiles)
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf-uninstalled.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 752cf123ca..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# the standard variables don't make sense for an uninstalled copy
-prefix=
-exec_prefix=
-libdir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs/gst/gconf
-includedir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs
-
-Name: GStreamer GConf Library, uninstalled
-Description: Streaming-media framework, GConf support library, not installed
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gconf-2.0
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: ${libdir}/libgstgconf-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 54754f6b45..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-gconf.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-
-Name: GStreamer GConf Library
-Description: Streaming-media framework, GConf support library
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gconf-2.0
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstgconf-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces-uninstalled.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 732e0c2c76..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=
-exec_prefix=
-libdir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs/gst
-includedir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs
-
-Name: GStreamer Interfaces library, uninstalled
-Description: Streaming-media framework, interfaces library, not installed
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: ${libdir}/libgstinterfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f0510db69..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-interfaces.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-
-Name: GStreamer Interfaces Library
-Description: Streaming-media framework, interfaces library
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstinterfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info-uninstalled.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 055e9c9dfa..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=
-exec_prefix=
-libdir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs/gst/media-info
-includedir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs
-
-Name: GStreamer Media Info Library, uninstalled
-Description: Streaming-media framework, media info libraries, not installed
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: ${libdir}/libgstmedia-info-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c4ca200792..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-media-info.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-
-Name: GStreamer Media Info Library
-Description: Streaming-media framework, media info libraries
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstmedia-info-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play-uninstalled.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d044a7da6..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-prefix=
-exec_prefix=
-libdir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs/gst/play
-includedir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs
-
-Name: GStreamer Play Library, uninstalled
-Description: Streaming-media framework, play libraries, not installed
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ \
-          gstreamer-interfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ >= @VERSION@
-          gstreamer-control-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ >= @VERSION@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: ${libdir}/libgstplay-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index cab025a1f4..0000000000
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-play.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-
-Name: GStreamer Play Library
-Description: Streaming-media framework, play libraries
-Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gstreamer-interfaces-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gstreamer-control-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Version: @VERSION@
-
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstplay-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}