diff --git a/cmake/spdlog.pc.in b/cmake/spdlog.pc.in
index 121478fd..861707c3 100644
--- a/cmake/spdlog.pc.in
+++ b/cmake/spdlog.pc.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Description: Fast C++ logging library.
 URL: https://github.com/gabime/@PROJECT_NAME@
 Version: @SPDLOG_VERSION@
 CFlags: -I${includedir} @PKG_CONFIG_DEFINES@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lspdlog 
-Libs.private: -lpthread 
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lspdlog -pthread
 Requires: @PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES@