diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index 7a9fb22..f507d5e 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 24 08:41:32 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix previous entry: remove stray pkg-config call in CFLAGS (as it
+  was called without parameters, it only made output on stderr,
+  which did not impact CFLAGS; so de facto only a cleanup change).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 21 17:09:56 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 414d304..3d76f0a 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export LC_ALL=POSIX
 rm -f Magdir/*,v Magdir/*~
 rm -f ltcf-c.sh ltconfig ltmain.sh
 autoreconf -fiv
-export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -DHOWMANY=69632 -fPIE $(pkg-config)"
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -DHOWMANY=69632 -fPIE"
 %configure --disable-silent-rules --datadir=%{_miscdir} \
 	--disable-static \
 	--disable-libseccomp \