diff --git a/docs/android.rst b/docs/android.rst
index e79b4c5eb93..815bf61fb70 100644
--- a/docs/android.rst
+++ b/docs/android.rst
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ Then, create your Meson cross file to use it, something like this
     c_ld = 'lld'
     cpp_ld = 'lld'
     strip = ndk_path / 'toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/aarch64-linux-android-strip'
-    # Android doesn't come with a pkg-config, but we need one for Meson to be happy not
-    # finding all the optional deps it looks for.  Use system pkg-config pointing at a
-    # directory we get to populate with any .pc files we want to add for Android
-    pkg-config = ['env', 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=NDKDIR/pkgconfig', '/usr/bin/pkg-config']
 
     [host_machine]
     system = 'android'