diff --git a/basicnet/netlibs/curl.xml b/basicnet/netlibs/curl.xml
index 54a30eb95e..26df38e1e6 100644
--- a/basicnet/netlibs/curl.xml
+++ b/basicnet/netlibs/curl.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cURL Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="openssl"/> or <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
     <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
     <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
diff --git a/basicnet/netutils/wireshark.xml b/basicnet/netutils/wireshark.xml
index 1e6a71ef23..7a8a79d031 100644
--- a/basicnet/netutils/wireshark.xml
+++ b/basicnet/netutils/wireshark.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     (required to capture data)</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="GTK"/> or <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (to build the GUI front-end),
     <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
     <xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
diff --git a/basicnet/textweb/w3m.xml b/basicnet/textweb/w3m.xml
index 67396076fb..4447694512 100644
--- a/basicnet/textweb/w3m.xml
+++ b/basicnet/textweb/w3m.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="gc"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="gpm"/>,
     <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
     <xref linkend="imlib2"/>,
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d35322693f..e5fccea846 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY zip-version                  "3.0">
 <!ENTITY pciutils-version             "3.0.3">
 <!ENTITY usbutils-version             "0.73">
-<!ENTITY pkgconfig-version            "0.23">
 <!ENTITY cpio-version                 "2.9">
 <!ENTITY mc-version                   "4.6.1">
 <!ENTITY sysstat-version              "8.0.4.1">
@@ -214,6 +213,9 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY unrar-version                "3.7.8">
 <!ENTITY lzma-utils-version           "4.32.7">
 
+<!-- Obsolete
+<!ENTITY pkgconfig-version            "0.23">
+-->
 
 <!-- Chapter 12 -->
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-version              "1.4.4">
diff --git a/general/genlib/dbus-bindings.xml b/general/genlib/dbus-bindings.xml
index f68c75550f..301840d8f6 100644
--- a/general/genlib/dbus-bindings.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/dbus-bindings.xml
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ install -v -m644    api/* \
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="dbus"/> and
     <xref linkend="qt"/></para>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
+    <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para> -->
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dbus-qt3"/></para>
diff --git a/general/genlib/glib2.xml b/general/genlib/glib2.xml
index 631646db94..d96f8d23d6 100644
--- a/general/genlib/glib2.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/glib2.xml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
+    <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
+    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para> -->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pcre"/>
diff --git a/general/genlib/libidn.xml b/general/genlib/libidn.xml
index 5485fd026f..0ab8f32d71 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libidn.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libidn.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="emacs"/>,
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
     a Java compiler&mdash;one of (looked for in this order)
     <xref linkend="gcc"/> (for <command>gcj</command> and you must also have
diff --git a/general/genlib/libusb-compat.xml b/general/genlib/libusb-compat.xml
index 474d86b0d1..4425bf30de 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libusb-compat.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libusb-compat.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libusb-compat Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="libusb"/></para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
diff --git a/general/genutils/graphviz.xml b/general/genutils/graphviz.xml
index b5e1c84448..bdeb208f7e 100644
--- a/general/genutils/graphviz.xml
+++ b/general/genutils/graphviz.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Graphviz Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="expat"/>,
     <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
     <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
diff --git a/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml b/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
index 1c6e417f4c..7724b9a000 100644
--- a/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
+++ b/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
     <xref linkend="openjade"/>,
     <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
diff --git a/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml b/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
index b1f5f403ed..2c09b583a0 100644
--- a/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
+++ b/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ xreflabel="ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;-&imagemagick-patch-version;">
     url="http://www.imagemagick.org/script/advanced-unix-installation.php"/>.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional System Utilities</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="cups"/> or <xref linkend="LPRng"/> (or any other print
     utility that provides an <command>lpr</command> command),
     <ulink url="http://www.mcmurchy.com/dcraw/dcraw-8.77.tar.gz">dcraw</ulink>,
diff --git a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
index 7a0523e1fb..5e660e92c4 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and either
-    <xref linkend="expat"/> or <xref linkend="libxml2"/> (requires
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>)</para>
+    <xref linkend="expat"/> or <xref linkend="libxml2"/> <!-- (requires
+    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>) --> </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
diff --git a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
index 9e2e094dc6..a12cc50e6a 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Poppler Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="fontconfig"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
diff --git a/general/prog/guile.xml b/general/prog/guile.xml
index 0b5913738e..ef5612c8d1 100644
--- a/general/prog/guile.xml
+++ b/general/prog/guile.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ install -v -m644 doc/tutorial/guile-tut.html/* \
           <para>is a <application>Guile</application> script which provides
           the information necessary to link your programs against the
           <application>Guile</application> library, in much the same way
-          <xref linkend="pkgconfig"></xref> does.</para>
+          PkgConfig does.</para>
           <indexterm zone="guile guile-config">
             <primary sortas="b-guile-config">guile-config</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/general/prog/pdl.xml b/general/prog/pdl.xml
index 15d1397f34..0d77a28af8 100644
--- a/general/prog/pdl.xml
+++ b/general/prog/pdl.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
         <para><ulink url="http://plplot.sourceforge.net/">PLplot</ulink></para>
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
-            <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+            <para><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
             <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
             <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
             <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
diff --git a/general/prog/php.xml b/general/prog/php.xml
index 4c9d7c7848..f3b397a42c 100644
--- a/general/prog/php.xml
+++ b/general/prog/php.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <!-- <xref linkend="gamin"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
     <xref linkend="aspell"/>,
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="recode"/>,
     <xref linkend="expat"/> (deprecated alternative to <xref linkend="libxml2"/>),
     <ulink url="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/mm/">OSSP mm</ulink>,
diff --git a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
index 04d93ac218..f00acf7e88 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">D-BUS Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="expat"/> (preferred) or both
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
+    <para role="required"><xref linkend="expat"/> (preferred) or <!-- both
+    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and --> <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> and
diff --git a/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml b/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml
index 3afefd503e..588dd4d0f6 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $Date$
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="unrar.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="pciutils.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="usbutils.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="pkgconfig.xml"/>
+  <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="pkgconfig.xml"/> -->
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="cpio.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="mc.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="sysstat.xml"/>
diff --git a/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml b/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
index 0800f143e4..057f9ce893 100644
--- a/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
+++ b/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     other GNOME packages.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="intltool"/></para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
diff --git a/gnome/core/gnome-icon-theme.xml b/gnome/core/gnome-icon-theme.xml
index d691e0358d..73efd962f6 100644
--- a/gnome/core/gnome-icon-theme.xml
+++ b/gnome/core/gnome-icon-theme.xml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
     <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="intltool"/> and
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
+    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="intltool"/> <!-- and
+    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> --></para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-icon-theme"/></para>
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/gnome-vfs1.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/gnome-vfs1.xml
index cf7c73331a..67c87fe6f0 100644
--- a/gnome/otherlibs/gnome-vfs1.xml
+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/gnome-vfs1.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <xref linkend="GConf1"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="oaf"/>,
     <xref linkend="libxml"/>,
     <xref linkend="bonobo14"/>,
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/libcapplet.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/libcapplet.xml
index 24e4e7dba4..f661e01f7e 100644
--- a/gnome/otherlibs/libcapplet.xml
+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/libcapplet.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="gnome-libs"/></para>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
+    <!-- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
+    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para> -->
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libcapplet"/></para>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index be477f4f6a..b9bc7a626e 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+
     <listitem>
       <para>July 23rd, 2009</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Removed unnecessary references to pkgconfig as it
+          is now in LFS.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[gdalziel] - Added new package ePDFView-0.1.7.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/credits.xml b/introduction/welcome/credits.xml
index d9559aff7e..de3fa772c4 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/credits.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/credits.xml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
         libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libgtkhtml, libgtop, libIDL, libogg,
         librep, librsvg, libvorbis, libwnck, libxml2, libxslt, LPRng, Linux-PAM,
         metacity, MIT Kerberos 5, MPlayer, mutt, nautilus, <!--oaf,--> OpenJade,
-        OpenSP, OpenSSH, <!--ORBit,--> ORBit2, pan, Pango, pcre, pkgconfig, postfix,
+        OpenSP, OpenSSH, <!--ORBit,--> ORBit2, pan, Pango, pcre, <!-- pkgconfig, --> postfix,
         procmail, Python, QT, rep-gtk, ruby, sawfish, scrollkeeper, sgml-common,
         sgml-dtd, shadow, startup-notification, unzip, vorbis-tools, vte, wget, XFce,
         xine, xml-dtd, yelp and zip:
diff --git a/kde/add/kdemultimedia.xml b/kde/add/kdemultimedia.xml
index e3d8d5f24d..ed0ed8b32d 100644
--- a/kde/add/kdemultimedia.xml
+++ b/kde/add/kdemultimedia.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Akode Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="flac"/>,
     <xref linkend="speex"/>,
     <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml
index d995c4e5ef..2490b3f5a5 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Plugins Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml
index 4bcd549867..f02a3c3524 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="gtk2"/> or <xref linkend="GTK"/>
     (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
     <command>envy24control</command> and <command>rmedigicontrol</command>),
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml
index 921879a4fa..b462f8eac8 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libdv.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="popt"/>,
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
     <xref linkend="GTK"/>, and
     <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
index 34eb88a27b..f38bfaa187 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libquicktime.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libquicktime Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
     <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
     <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libtheora.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libtheora.xml
index 744061d93e..bd73794c4b 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libtheora.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libtheora.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="libogg"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="libvorbis"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libvorbis.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libvorbis.xml
index 6eb0917ae0..7bf5e8eeac 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libvorbis.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libvorbis.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="libogg"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, and
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, and -->
     <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
     <ulink url="http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Software/passivetex">PassiveTeX</ulink>
     (to build the PDF documentation)</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/xine-lib.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/xine-lib.xml
index ede7cf0ba8..f7c88bbce8 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/xine-lib.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/xine-lib.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
     <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and  <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>
-    (with <option>postproc</option> enabled)</para>
+    <para role="recommended"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
+    <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> (with <option>postproc</option> enabled)</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="aalib"/>,
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml
index 14bfb01c01..2106ae682c 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/avifile.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <xref linkend="sdl"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
     <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
     <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode.xml
index 730f144d6c..abec0c6e06 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/transcode.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/transcode.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ the Transcode Wiki at <ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/"/>.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Listed in the Order That the
     <command>configure</command> Script Looks for Them)</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
     <!-- Adding this comment in case this package gets any momentum and
          actually uses the updated DivX. Here is the new URL to the new codec:
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/xine-ui.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/xine-ui.xml
index 1560e658be..92d4f79c9c 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/xine-ui.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/xine-ui.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="xine-lib"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="curl"/>,
     <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
     <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org">LIRC</ulink> and
diff --git a/pst/printing/cups.xml b/pst/printing/cups.xml
index 609c31849a..b49cc11fda 100644
--- a/pst/printing/cups.xml
+++ b/pst/printing/cups.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     and <xref linkend="libtiff"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
     <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
     <xref linkend="openssl"/> or <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
diff --git a/server/major/apache.xml b/server/major/apache.xml
index 5472b9b2d0..194b47e7ce 100644
--- a/server/major/apache.xml
+++ b/server/major/apache.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Only if Using the Bundled
     APR-util)</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="expat"/>,
     <!-- <xref linkend="gdbm"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="postgresql"/>, and
diff --git a/server/major/nfs-utils.xml b/server/major/nfs-utils.xml
index 0ac40232ec..bfcc9051c5 100644
--- a/server/major/nfs-utils.xml
+++ b/server/major/nfs-utils.xml
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for NFSv4 Support</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
-      <ulink url="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/">libevent</ulink>, and
-      <ulink url="http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/">libnsfidmap</ulink>
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
+    <ulink url="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/">libevent</ulink> and
+    <ulink url="http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/">libnsfidmap</ulink>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for GSS (RPC Security) Support</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or
     <xref linkend="heimdal"/> or
     <ulink url="http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/">libgssapi</ulink>, and
diff --git a/x/installing/x7lib.xml b/x/installing/x7lib.xml
index b4eba42f25..aba537ec30 100644
--- a/x/installing/x7lib.xml
+++ b/x/installing/x7lib.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="ed"/>,
     <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
+    <!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
     <xref linkend="xorg7-proto"/>, and
     <xref linkend="libXdmcp"/></para>
 
diff --git a/x/installing/x7util.xml b/x/installing/x7util.xml
index 13ca48aaad..5b81b6a887 100644
--- a/x/installing/x7util.xml
+++ b/x/installing/x7util.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Utilities Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
+    <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
     <xref linkend="xorg7-proto"/></para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
diff --git a/x/lib/cairo.xml b/x/lib/cairo.xml
index e46a22ab90..663af51e47 100644
--- a/x/lib/cairo.xml
+++ b/x/lib/cairo.xml
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cairo Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="x-window-system"/> and
-    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
+    <para role="required"><xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
+    <!--  and <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para> -->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="xcb-util"/></para>