diff --git a/src/core/systemd.pc.in b/src/core/systemd.pc.in
index f7c6b86668..d5b86bf65c 100644
--- a/src/core/systemd.pc.in
+++ b/src/core/systemd.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@
 systemdutildir=@rootlibexecdir@
 systemdsystemunitdir=@systemunitdir@