diff --git a/cli/src/templates/PARSER_NAME.pc.in b/cli/src/templates/PARSER_NAME.pc.in
index 8567e9e2..e92fc803 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/PARSER_NAME.pc.in
+++ b/cli/src/templates/PARSER_NAME.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ Name: tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 URL: @PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
-Requires: @TS_REQUIRES@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -ltree-sitter-PARSER_NAME
 Cflags: -I${includedir}