diff --git a/src/libcamera/base/meson.build b/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
index 0ae3b0aab7e2..7030ad1f5927 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ libcamera_base = declare_dependency(sources : [
 
 pkg_mod = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg_mod.generate(libcamera_base_lib,
-                 version : '1.0',
                  description : 'Camera support base utility library',
                  subdirs : 'libcamera')
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 7ae909d47fe5..26912ca17819 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ libcamera_private = declare_dependency(sources : [
 pkg_mod = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg_mod.generate(libcamera,
                  libraries : libcamera_base_lib,
-                 version : '1.0',
                  description : 'Complex Camera Support Library',
                  subdirs : 'libcamera')