diff -up ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/gen-pkgconfig.in.config ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/gen-pkgconfig.in
--- ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/gen-pkgconfig.in.config	2019-10-13 00:27:10.000000000 +0200
+++ ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/gen-pkgconfig.in	2019-11-12 09:52:09.693017663 +0100
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if [ "$includedir" != "/usr/include" ];
 fi
 
 lib_flags=
-for opt in -L$libdir @LDFLAGS@ @EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
+for opt in -L$libdir @LIBS@
 do
 	case $opt in
 	-l*) # LIBS is handled specially below
diff -up ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/ncurses-config.in.config ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/ncurses-config.in
--- ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/ncurses-config.in.config	2019-10-12 23:25:17.000000000 +0200
+++ ncurses-6.1-20191109/misc/ncurses-config.in	2019-11-12 09:54:42.069324995 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ exec_prefix="@exec_prefix@"
 
 bindir="@bindir@"
 includedir="@includedir@"
-libdir="@libdir@"
 datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
 datadir="@datadir@"
 mandir="@mandir@"
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 # There is no portable way to find the list of standard library directories. 
 # Require a POSIX shell anyway, to keep this simple.
 lib_flags=
-for opt in -L$libdir @LDFLAGS@ @EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ $LIBS
+for opt in $LIBS
 do
 	case $opt in
 	-Wl,-z,*) # ignore flags used to manipulate shared image
@@ -109,9 +108,6 @@ do
 	-L*)
 		[ -d ${opt##-L} ] || continue
 		case ${opt##-L} in
-		@LD_SEARCHPATH@) # skip standard libdir
-			continue
-			;;
 		*)
 			found=no
 			for check in $lib_flags
@@ -231,7 +227,6 @@ ENDECHO
 		echo $INCS
 		;;
 	--libdir)
-		echo "${libdir}"
 		;;
 	--mandir)
 		echo "${mandir}"