diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py b/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
index 1bdf82931..db165ea12 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
@@ -701,10 +701,7 @@ class PkgConfigModule(NewExtensionModule):
pcfile = filebase + '.pc'
pkgroot = pkgroot_name = kwargs['install_dir'] or default_install_dir
if pkgroot is None:
- if mesonlib.is_freebsd():
- pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(OptionKey('prefix'))), 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
- pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{prefix}', 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
- elif mesonlib.is_haiku():
+ if mesonlib.is_haiku():
pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(OptionKey('prefix'))), 'develop', 'lib', 'pkgconfig')
pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{prefix}', 'develop', 'lib', 'pkgconfig')
else: