diff --git a/BTF/CMakeLists.txt b/BTF/CMakeLists.txt
index fdb2ebf76..c73b273a4 100644
--- a/BTF/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BTF/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,15 +113,11 @@ endif ( )
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # SuiteSparseConfig:
-target_link_libraries ( BTF PRIVATE SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig )
 target_include_directories ( BTF PUBLIC
     "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>" )
 if ( NOT NSTATIC )
-    if ( TARGET SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig_static )
-        target_link_libraries ( BTF_static PUBLIC SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig_static )
-    else ( )
-        target_link_libraries ( BTF_static PUBLIC SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig )
-    endif ( )
+    target_include_directories ( BTF_static PUBLIC
+        "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SuiteSparse::SuiteSparseConfig,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>" )
 endif ( )
 
 # libm:
diff --git a/BTF/Config/BTF.pc.in b/BTF/Config/BTF.pc.in
index 104334f04..27d5cec87 100644
--- a/BTF/Config/BTF.pc.in
+++ b/BTF/Config/BTF.pc.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Name: BTF
 URL: https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse
 Description: Software package for permuting a matrix into block upper triangular form in SuiteSparse
 Version: @BTF_VERSION_MAJOR@.@BTF_VERSION_MINOR@.@BTF_VERSION_SUB@
-Requires.private: SuiteSparse_config
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lbtf
 Libs.private: @BTF_STATIC_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}