diff --git a/cmake/GeneratePkgConfigFiles.cmake b/cmake/GeneratePkgConfigFiles.cmake
index 640c595ac..106cefbc9 100644
--- a/cmake/GeneratePkgConfigFiles.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GeneratePkgConfigFiles.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ macro(GENERATE_PKG_CONFIG_FILES target package_name)
             endforeach()
         endif()
 
-        # Get name for "-l:<name>" linker flags
+        # Get name for "-l<name>" linker flags
         get_target_property(_lib_name ${target} OUTPUT_NAME)
 
         # Using different package name for debug and release, as pkg-config doesn't support
diff --git a/cmake/pkgconfig-file.in b/cmake/pkgconfig-file.in
index fc27c9e17..8a2b9c8b0 100644
--- a/cmake/pkgconfig-file.in
+++ b/cmake/pkgconfig-file.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Name: @PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_NAME@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Description: @PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION@
 Requires: @PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_REQUIREMENTS@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -l:@PKGCONFIG_PROJECTM_LIBRARY@ @PKGCONFIG_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PKGCONFIG_PROJECTM_LIBRARY@ @PKGCONFIG_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} @PKGCONFIG_FLAGS@
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
index 134850496..65d5b9b56 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ if(ENABLE_INSTALL)
             # into pkgconfig's expected format.
             # We will just assume the build uses Boost from the default location (e.g. not a custom CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH) and
             # the library name is correct.
-            set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBS} -l:boost_filesystem")
+            set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBS} -lboost_filesystem")
         endif()
 
         set(PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECTM_LIBRARY_BASE_OUTPUT_NAME}")
diff --git a/src/playlist/CMakeLists.txt b/src/playlist/CMakeLists.txt
index 1332018f9..a3a596a07 100644
--- a/src/playlist/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/playlist/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if(ENABLE_INSTALL)
             # into pkgconfig's expected format.
             # We will just assume the build uses Boost from the default location (e.g. not a custom CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH) and
             # the library name is correct.
-            set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBS} -l:boost_filesystem")
+            set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBS} -lboost_filesystem")
         endif()
 
         set(PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECTM_LIBRARY_BASE_OUTPUT_NAME}-playlist")