diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index fa4423e91d..8901992cf9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ pkgconfig_variables = ['exec_prefix=${prefix}',
     'toolsdir=${exec_prefix}/bin',
     'pluginsdir=${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0',
     'datarootdir=${prefix}/share',
-    'datadir=${datarootdir}',
     'girdir=${datadir}/gir-1.0',
     'typelibdir=${libdir}/girepository-1.0']