--- a/tools/notcurses++.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses++.pc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@++
--- a/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@-core
--- a/tools/notcurses-ffi.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses-ffi.pc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
--- a/tools/notcurses.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses.pc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@