diff --git a/md4c/md4c.pc.in b/md4c/md4c.pc.in
index 61c78d890249..72943b52d050 100644
--- a/md4c/md4c.pc.in
+++ b/md4c/md4c.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@