diff --git a/libupower-glib/Makefile.am b/libupower-glib/Makefile.am
index cff8f4c..8b1d4ad 100644
--- a/libupower-glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/libupower-glib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS)						\
-	$(DBUS_GLIB_CFLAGS)					\
 	$(GIO_UNIX_CFLAGS)					\
 	-I$(top_builddir)					\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)						\
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ libupower_glib_la_SOURCES =					\
 libupower_glib_la_LIBADD =					\
 	$(INTLLIBS)						\
 	$(GLIB_LIBS)						\
-	$(GIO_UNIX_LIBS)					\
-	$(DBUS_GLIB_LIBS)
+	$(GIO_UNIX_LIBS)
 
 libupower_glib_la_LDFLAGS =					\
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)	\
diff --git a/upower-glib.pc.in b/upower-glib.pc.in
index 8a2146d..6d1ef74 100644
--- a/upower-glib.pc.in
+++ b/upower-glib.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: upower-glib
 Description: UPower is a system daemon for managing power devices
 Version: @VERSION@
-Requires.private: dbus-1, dbus-glib-1, gthread-2.0, gio-2.0
+Requires.private: gthread-2.0, gio-2.0
 Requires: glib-2.0, gobject-2.0
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lupower-glib
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/libupower-glib