diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
index 4b825df4d8..a5c43997bb 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Abstract network code for X."
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-xmlto"
 
-pre_configure_target() {
-  sed -i 's|^pkgconfigdir = .*|pkgconfigdir = /usr/lib/pkgconfig|' ${PKG_BUILD}/Makefile.am
-  sed -i 's|^pkgconfigdir = .*|pkgconfigdir = /usr/lib/pkgconfig|' ${PKG_BUILD}/Makefile.in
-}
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
     cp xtrans.pc ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig