diff --git a/tools/nodejs.pc.in b/tools/nodejs.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index aa9cefc610..0000000000
--- a/tools/nodejs.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-version=@VERSION@
-prefix=@PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
-includedir=${prefix}/include/node
-
-Name: nodejs
-Description: Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript.
-Version: ${version}
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 95889ef062..c0164b22e9 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -956,14 +956,6 @@ def build(bld):
   bld.install_files('${LIBDIR}/node/wafadmin', 'tools/wafadmin/*.py')
   bld.install_files('${LIBDIR}/node/wafadmin/Tools', 'tools/wafadmin/Tools/*.py')
 
-  # create a pkg-config(1) file
-  node_conf = bld.new_task_gen('subst', before="cxx")
-  node_conf.source = 'tools/nodejs.pc.in'
-  node_conf.target = 'tools/nodejs.pc'
-  node_conf.dict = subflags(node)
-
-  bld.install_files('${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig', 'tools/nodejs.pc')
-
 def shutdown():
   Options.options.debug
   # HACK to get binding.node out of build directory.