--- freetype-2.9/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
+++ freetype-2.9/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
@@ -13,45 +13,25 @@ LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
 
 
-# if `pkg-config' is available, use values from `freetype2.pc'
-%PKG_CONFIG% --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.24 >/dev/null 2>&1
-if test $? -eq 0 ; then
-  # note that option `--variable' is not affected by the
-  # PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR environment variable
-  if test "x$SYSROOT" != "x" ; then
-    PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$SYSROOT"
-    export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
-  fi
-
-  prefix=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable prefix freetype2`
-  exec_prefix=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
-
-  includedir=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable includedir freetype2`
-  libdir=`%PKG_CONFIG% --variable libdir freetype2`
-
-  version=`%PKG_CONFIG% --modversion freetype2`
-
-  cflags=`%PKG_CONFIG% --cflags freetype2`
-  dynamic_libs=`%PKG_CONFIG% --libs freetype2`
-  static_libs=`%PKG_CONFIG% --static --libs freetype2`
-else
-  prefix="%prefix%"
-  exec_prefix="%exec_prefix%"
-
-  includedir="%includedir%"
-  libdir="%libdir%"
-
-  version=%ft_version%
-
-  cflags="-I${SYSROOT}$includedir/freetype2"
-  dynamic_libs="-lfreetype"
-  static_libs="%LIBSSTATIC_CONFIG%"
-  if test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib"   &&
-     test "${SYSROOT}$libdir" != "/usr/lib64" ; then
-    libs_L="-L${SYSROOT}$libdir"
-  fi
+# note that option `--variable' is not affected by the
+# PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR environment variable
+if test "x$SYSROOT" != "x" ; then
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$SYSROOT"
+  export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
 fi
 
+prefix=`pkgconf --variable prefix freetype2`
+exec_prefix=`pkgconf --variable exec_prefix freetype2`
+
+includedir=`pkgconf --variable includedir freetype2`
+libdir=`pkgconf --variable libdir freetype2`
+
+version=`pkgconf --modversion freetype2`
+
+cflags=`pkgconf --cflags freetype2`
+dynamic_libs=`pkgconf --libs freetype2`
+static_libs=`pkgconf --static --libs freetype2`
+
 orig_prefix=$prefix
 orig_exec_prefix=$exec_prefix