diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc.in
index affec65fff..752f0a0c9c 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Name: GStreamer Bad Plugin libraries
 Description: Streaming media framework, bad plugins libraries
 Requires: gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstmpegts-@GST_API_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir}
 Cflags: -I${includedir}