diff --git a/devel/check/pkg-plist b/devel/check/pkg-plist
index 0d9b4153227a..ab44c481b6cb 100644
--- a/devel/check/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/check/pkg-plist
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ share/nls/en_US.US-ASCII
 @dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%/example/src
 @dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%/example
 @dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%
-@dirrmtry libdata/pkgconfig