diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index b5e8d94706..63b1bf2165 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
                        -Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
                        -Ddebug-tty=${DEBUG_TTY} \
-                       -Dpkgconfigdatadir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig \
                        -Dversion-tag=${PKG_VERSION}"
 
 pre_configure_target() {