diff --git a/libweston-desktop/meson.build b/libweston-desktop/meson.build
index 81bd64e2e..d6be7a847 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/meson.build
+++ b/libweston-desktop/meson.build
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ dep_lib_desktop = declare_dependency(
 install_headers('libweston-desktop.h', subdir: dir_include_libweston)
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
+	lib_desktop,
 	filebase: 'libweston-desktop-@0@'.format(libweston_major),
 	name: 'libweston-desktop',
 	version: version_weston,
 	description: 'Desktop shells abstraction library for libweston compositors',
-	libraries: lib_desktop,
 	requires_private: [ lib_weston, dep_wayland_server ],
 	subdirs: dir_include_libweston
 )
diff --git a/libweston/meson.build b/libweston/meson.build
index bfb5defaa..1c94433c0 100644
--- a/libweston/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/meson.build
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ dep_libweston = declare_dependency(
 )
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
+	lib_weston,
 	filebase: 'libweston-@0@'.format(libweston_major),
 	name: 'libweston API',
 	version: version_weston,
 	description: 'Header files for libweston compositors development',
-	libraries: lib_weston,
 	requires_private: [ dep_wayland_server, dep_pixman, dep_xkbcommon ],
 	subdirs: dir_include_libweston
 )