diff --git a/lib/libxkbui/configure.ac b/lib/libxkbui/configure.ac
index 7d913d398..279f320f5 100644
--- a/lib/libxkbui/configure.ac
+++ b/lib/libxkbui/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 # Check for dependencies
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XKBUI, x11 xt xkbfile)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XKBUI, x11 xkbfile)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(hypot, [m])
 
 AC_SUBST(XKBUI_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/lib/libxkbui/xkbui.pc.in b/lib/libxkbui/xkbui.pc.in
index 74876ef8e..5f84cde88 100644
--- a/lib/libxkbui/xkbui.pc.in
+++ b/lib/libxkbui/xkbui.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: xkbui
 Description: The xkbui Library
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Requires: x11 kbproto
-Requires.private: x11 xt
+Requires.private: x11
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lxkbui