--- Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -1383,8 +1383,7 @@
 	    echo 'Name: OpenSSL-libcrypto'; \
 	    echo 'Description: OpenSSL cryptography library'; \
 	    echo 'Version: '$(VERSION); \
-	    echo 'Libs: -L$${libdir} -lcrypto'; \
-	    echo 'Libs.private: $(LIB_EX_LIBS)'; \
+	    echo 'Libs: -L$${libdir} -lcrypto $(LIB_EX_LIBS)'; \
 	    echo 'Cflags: -I$${includedir}' ) > libcrypto.pc
 
 libssl.pc:
@@ -1400,8 +1399,7 @@
 	    echo 'Name: OpenSSL-libssl'; \
 	    echo 'Description: Secure Sockets Layer and cryptography libraries'; \
 	    echo 'Version: '$(VERSION); \
-	    echo 'Requires.private: libcrypto'; \
-	    echo 'Libs: -L$${libdir} -lssl'; \
+	    echo 'Libs: -L$${libdir} -lssl -lcrypto'; \
 	    echo 'Cflags: -I$${includedir}' ) > libssl.pc
 
 openssl.pc: