diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/android/ndkports/GetPkgConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/android/ndkports/GetPkgConfig.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c34d96..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/android/ndkports/GetPkgConfig.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package com.android.ndkports
-
-import java.io.File
-
-data class PkgConfig(
-    val cflags: String,
-    val libs: String,
-)
-private fun callPkgConfig(arguments: List<String>, pkgConfigLibDir: String): String {
-    val pb = ProcessBuilder(arguments).redirectErrorStream(true)
-    pb.environment()["PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"] = pkgConfigLibDir
-
-    val result = pb.start()
-    val status = result.waitFor();
-    val output = result.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }.trim()
-    if (status != 0) {
-        throw RuntimeException("PkgConfigHelper failed with:\n$output")
-    }
-    return output
-}
-
-fun getPkgConfig(
-    packageName: String,
-    generatedDependenciesDir: File,
-    isStatic: Boolean,
-): Map<String, PkgConfig> {
-    val config = mutableMapOf<String, PkgConfig>()
-    val arguments = mutableListOf("pkg-config", packageName)
-    if (isStatic)
-        arguments.add("--static")
-    generatedDependenciesDir.listFiles()?.forEach { generatedDirectory ->
-        val triple = generatedDirectory.name
-        val pkgConfigLibDir = generatedDirectory.resolve("lib/pkgconfig").absoluteFile
-        assert(pkgConfigLibDir.exists())
-
-        config[triple] = PkgConfig(
-            cflags = callPkgConfig(arguments + "--cflags", pkgConfigLibDir = pkgConfigLibDir.path),
-            libs = callPkgConfig(arguments + "--libs", pkgConfigLibDir = pkgConfigLibDir.path),
-        )
-    } ?: throw RuntimeException("Generated dependencies directory is empty!\n")
-    return config
-}
diff --git a/libwmf/build.gradle.kts b/libwmf/build.gradle.kts
index a9afdf7..c4f84ac 100644
--- a/libwmf/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libwmf/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import com.android.ndkports.*
+import com.android.ndkports.AutoconfPortTask
+import com.android.ndkports.CMakeCompatibleVersion
+import com.android.ndkports.PrefabSysrootPlugin
 import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
 
 val portVersion = "0.2.13"
@@ -33,17 +35,7 @@ tasks.prefab {
 
 val buildTask = tasks.register<AutoconfPortTask>("buildPort") {
     val generatedDependencies = prefabGenerated.get().asFile
-
-    // libwmf can't find freetype
-    lateinit var freetypePkgConfig: Map<String, PkgConfig>
-    doFirst {
-        freetypePkgConfig = getPkgConfig(
-            packageName = "freetype2",
-            generatedDependenciesDir = generatedDependencies,
-            isStatic = project.findProperty("libraryType") == "static"
-        )
-    }
-
+    val isStatic = project.findProperty("libraryType") == "static"
     autoconf {
         val generated = generatedDependencies.resolve(toolchain.abi.triple)
         args(
@@ -52,10 +44,9 @@ val buildTask = tasks.register<AutoconfPortTask>("buildPort") {
             "--with-png=$generated",
             "--with-jpeg=$generated",
         )
-        freetypePkgConfig[toolchain.abi.triple]?.let {
-            env["CFLAGS"] = it.cflags
-            env["LDFLAGS"] = it.libs
-        }
+        env["ac_cv_path_FREETYPE_CONFIG"] = "pkg-config freetype2"
+        if (isStatic)
+            env["ac_cv_path_FREETYPE_CONFIG"] += " --static"
     }
 }