--- a/src/demux/libwebpdemux.pc.in
+++ b/src/demux/libwebpdemux.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 Name: libwebpdemux
 Description: Library for parsing the WebP graphics format container
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires.private: libwebp >= 0.2.0
+Requires: libwebp >= 0.2.0
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@webp_libname_prefix@webpdemux
--- a/src/libwebp.pc.in
+++ b/src/libwebp.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Name: libwebp
 Description: Library for the WebP graphics format
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires.private: libsharpyuv
+Requires: libsharpyuv
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@webp_libname_prefix@webp
 Libs.private: -lm @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@
--- a/src/mux/libwebpmux.pc.in
+++ b/src/mux/libwebpmux.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Name: libwebpmux
 Description: Library for manipulating the WebP graphics format container
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires.private: libwebp >= 0.2.0
+Requires: libwebp >= 0.2.0
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@webp_libname_prefix@webpmux
 Libs.private: -lm