diff --git a/lib/pacemaker-pe_status.pc.in b/lib/pacemaker-pe_status.pc.in
index ddc9853562..36d27e5183 100644
--- a/lib/pacemaker-pe_status.pc.in
+++ b/lib/pacemaker-pe_status.pc.in
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 sub=pe_status
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@/@PACKAGE_TARNAME@
 
 penginedir=@PE_STATE_DIR@
 
 Name:             lib${sub}
 URL:              @PACKAGE_URL@
 Version:          @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Description:      Scheduler APIs for Pacemaker
 Requires:         pacemaker
-Requires.private: glib-2.0 libxml-2.0 @PC_NAME_CURSES@
+Requires.private: glib-2.0 libxml-2.0
 Conflicts:
 Cflags:           -I${includedir}
 Libs:             -L${libdir} -l${sub}
 Libs.private: