diff --git a/libpcre/CMakeLists.txt b/libpcre/CMakeLists.txt
index ca640004b..11e4e86b0 100644
--- a/libpcre/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libpcre/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 # external packages
 find_package(BZip2)
 find_package(ZLIB)
-find_package(Readline)
-find_package(Editline)
 
 # Configuration checks
 
@@ -1032,26 +1030,18 @@ if(WIN32 AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug))
 endif()
 
 if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_8)
-  configure_file(libpcre2-posix.pc.in libpcre2-posix.pc @ONLY)
-  list(APPEND pkg_config_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpcre2-posix.pc")
-  configure_file(libpcre2-8.pc.in libpcre2-8.pc @ONLY)
-  list(APPEND pkg_config_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpcre2-8.pc")
   set(enable_pcre2_8 "yes")
 else()
   set(enable_pcre2_8 "no")
 endif()
 
 if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_16)
-  configure_file(libpcre2-16.pc.in libpcre2-16.pc @ONLY)
-  list(APPEND pkg_config_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpcre2-16.pc")
   set(enable_pcre2_16 "yes")
 else()
   set(enable_pcre2_16 "no")
 endif()
 
 if(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2_32)
-  configure_file(libpcre2-32.pc.in libpcre2-32.pc @ONLY)
-  list(APPEND pkg_config_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libpcre2-32.pc")
   set(enable_pcre2_32 "yes")
 else()
   set(enable_pcre2_32 "no")