diff --git a/src/viam/api/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamapi.pc.in b/src/viam/api/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamapi.pc.in
index c547fc134..2192045db 100644
--- a/src/viam/api/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamapi.pc.in
+++ b/src/viam/api/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamapi.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Name: @PROJECT_NAME@-libapi
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 URL: @PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
-Requires: grpc++ >= @VIAMCPPSDK_GRPCXX_VERSION@ protobuf >= @VIAMCPPSDK_PROTOBUF_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -L@Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS@ -lviamapi
 Cflags: -I${base_includedir} -I${deep_includedir}
 
diff --git a/src/viam/sdk/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamsdk.pc.in b/src/viam/sdk/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamsdk.pc.in
index b3e77a6a3..285ad54ee 100644
--- a/src/viam/sdk/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamsdk.pc.in
+++ b/src/viam/sdk/config/viam-cpp-sdk-libviamsdk.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Name: @PROJECT_NAME@-libviamsdk
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 URL: @PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
-Requires: grpc++ >= @VIAMCPPSDK_GRPCXX_VERSION@ protobuf >= @VIAMCPPSDK_PROTOBUF_VERSION@ @PROJECT_NAME@-libviamapi >= @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -L@Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS@ -lviamsdk -lviam_rust_utils
 Libs.private: -lboost_log-mt
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -I@Boost_INCLUDE_DIR@