diff --git a/mk.sh b/mk.sh
index d7dc0fa..4f9bec2 100755
--- a/mk.sh
+++ b/mk.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ cat "$PACKAGELIST"
 
 echo "--- building packages ---"
 
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$TCDIR/$TARGET"
+export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$TCDIR/$TARGET/lib/pkgconfig"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$TCDIR/$TARGET/lib/pkgconfig"
+
 while read pkg; do
 	include_pkg "$pkg"
 	build_package
diff --git a/pkg/hostapd/build b/pkg/hostapd/build
index 3dc5c6a..d6e5bf3 100755
--- a/pkg/hostapd/build
+++ b/pkg/hostapd/build
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ build() {
 		ldflags="$ldflags -z noexecstack -z relro -z now"
 	fi
 
-	PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$TCDIR/$TARGET" \
 	CFLAGS="-MMD -O2 $cflags" \
 	LDFLAGS="$ldflags" \
 	make CC=${TARGET}-gcc -C hostapd -j $NUMJOBS
diff --git a/pkg/iw/build b/pkg/iw/build
index 5ef12e9..075f005 100755
--- a/pkg/iw/build
+++ b/pkg/iw/build
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ build() {
 
 	CFLAGS="-O2 $cflags" \
 	LDFLAGS="$ldflags" \
-	PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$TCDIR/$TARGET" \
-	make CC="${TARGET}-gcc" PKG_CONFIG="${TARGET}-pkg-config" PREFIX= \
+	make CC="${TARGET}-gcc" PREFIX= \
 	     SBINDIR=/bin DESTDIR="$PKGDEPLOYDIR" -j $NUMJOBS
 }
 
 deploy() {
-	export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$TCDIR/$TARGET"
-	make CC="${TARGET}-gcc" PKG_CONFIG="${TARGET}-pkg-config" PREFIX= \
+	make CC="${TARGET}-gcc" PREFIX= \
 	     SBINDIR=/bin DESTDIR="$PKGDEPLOYDIR" install
 
 	cp $SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/*.{files,desc} "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
diff --git a/pkg/tc-pkg-config/build b/pkg/tc-pkg-config/build
deleted file mode 100755
index ebd739f..0000000
--- a/pkg/tc-pkg-config/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-VERSION="0.29.2"
-SRCDIR="pkg-config-$VERSION"
-TARBALL="$SRCDIR.tar.gz"
-URL="https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/"
-SHA256SUM="6fc69c01688c9458a57eb9a1664c9aba372ccda420a02bf4429fe610e7e7d591"
-DEPENDS="tc-pkgtool"
-
-prepare() {
-	return
-}
-
-build() {
-	$1/configure --prefix="$TCDIR" --target="$TARGET" \
-		     --build="$HOSTTUPLE" --host="$HOSTTUPLE" \
-		     --with-sysroot="$TCDIR/$TARGET" \
-		     --with-pc-path="$TCDIR/$TARGET/lib/pkgconfig" \
-		     --with-system-include-path="/include" \
-		     --with-system-library-path="/lib" \
-		     --with-internal-glib
-
-	make -j $NUMJOBS
-}
-
-deploy() {
-	make install
-
-	ln -s pkg-config "$TCDIR/bin/$TARGET-pkg-config"
-
-	touch "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.files"
-	touch "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.desc"
-}
-
-check_update() {
-	check_update_simple "$URL" "pkg-config-" "tar.gz"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/toolchain/build b/pkg/toolchain/build
index fbbc2c7..17050ef 100755
--- a/pkg/toolchain/build
+++ b/pkg/toolchain/build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS="tc-binutils crt-dev libstdc++-dev tc-pkg-config tc-file tc-pkgtool basefiles"
+DEPENDS="tc-binutils crt-dev libstdc++-dev tc-file tc-pkgtool basefiles"
 
 build() {
 	return