diff --git a/gobject-2.0.pc.in b/gobject-2.0.pc.in
index 5bc67bcf6..04f40c0a9 100644
--- a/gobject-2.0.pc.in
+++ b/gobject-2.0.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: GObject
 Description: GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
-Requires: glib-2.0,gthread-2.0
+Requires: glib-2.0
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgobject-2.0
 Libs.private: @LIBFFI_LIBS@