diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 4fe15a8604..fcd2afdd47 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ PrintHelp ( )
 {
   printf("Usage: node [switches] script.js [arguments] \n"
          "  -v, --version    print node's version\n"
-         "  --libs           print linker flags for modules\n"
          "  --cflags         print pre-processor and compiler flags\n"
          "  --v8-options     print v8 command line options\n");
 }
@@ -334,18 +333,14 @@ PrintHelp ( )
 static void
 ParseArgs (int *argc, char **argv)
 {
-  bool cflags = false, libs = false;
   for (int i = 1; i < *argc; i++) {
     const char *arg = argv[i];
     if (strcmp(arg, "--version") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "-v") == 0) {
       printf("%s\n", NODE_VERSION);
       exit(0);
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--cflags") == 0) {
-      cflags = true;
-      continue;
-    } else if (strcmp(arg, "--libs") == 0) {
-      libs = true;
-      continue;
+      printf("%s\n", NODE_CFLAGS);
+      exit(0);
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--help") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "-h") == 0) {
       PrintHelp();
       exit(0);
@@ -353,21 +348,6 @@ ParseArgs (int *argc, char **argv)
       argv[i] = (char*)"--help";
     }
   }
-
-  /* XXX Wow this is terrible code. */
-  bool should_exit = false;
-  if (cflags) {
-    should_exit = true;
-    printf("%s ", NODE_CFLAGS);
-  }
-  if (libs) {
-    should_exit = true;
-    printf("%s ", NODE_LIBFLAGS);
-  }
-  if (should_exit) {
-    printf("\n");
-    exit(0);
-  }
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/src/node.pc.in b/src/node.pc.in
index 41c56f3072..215eede5ed 100644
--- a/src/node.pc.in
+++ b/src/node.pc.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
 includedir=${prefix}/include/node
 
 Name: node
 Description: v8 powered non-browser javascript
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: @LIBFLAGS@ -R${libdir}
 Cflags: @CCFLAGS@ @CPPFLAGS@ -I${includedir} 
diff --git a/src/node_version.h.in b/src/node_version.h.in
index 77749bb7bf..75a934cde8 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h.in
+++ b/src/node_version.h.in
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
 # define NODE_VERSION "@VERSION@ (debug)"
 #endif
 #define NODE_CFLAGS "@CCFLAGS@ @CPPFLAGS@ -I@PREFIX@/include/node"
-#define NODE_LIBFLAGS "@LIBFLAGS@ -R@PREFIX@/lib"
 
 #endif /* node_version_h */