diff --git a/testing/pkgconf/APKBUILD b/testing/pkgconf/APKBUILD
index 5bf96cfdb2b..ecdb9080e2b 100644
--- a/testing/pkgconf/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/pkgconf/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: William Pitcock <nenolod@dereferenced.org>
 pkgname=pkgconf
 pkgver=0.1.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="development framework configuration tools"
 url="http://www.atheme.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ package() {
 	cd "$_builddir"
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
 	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install || return 1
-	rm -f "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/*.la
+	# we remove the pkg-config symlink since it breaks the build boxes
+	rm -f "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/*.la \
+		"$pkgdir"/usr/bin/pkg-config
 }
 
 md5sums="87fe4e0128fbf0b9f9a393df37895052  pkgconf-0.1.1.tar.bz2"