diff --git a/curl-sys/build.rs b/curl-sys/build.rs
index bb173dd55..985f2ad71 100644
--- a/curl-sys/build.rs
+++ b/curl-sys/build.rs
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ fn try_vcpkg() -> bool {
 
 fn try_pkg_config() -> bool {
     let mut cfg = pkg_config::Config::new();
+    cfg.print_system_libs(false);
     cfg.cargo_metadata(false);
     let lib = match cfg.probe("libcurl") {
         Ok(lib) => lib,