2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fab8f0e1..fb185a1e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -360,7 +360,4 @@ fi
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([proj.pc])
 
-dnl Ignore WARNING:  'proj.pc.in' seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting
-AC_DEFUN([AC_DATAROOTDIR_CHECKED])
-
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/proj.pc.in b/proj.pc.in
index f66da74d..7e462138 100644
--- a/proj.pc.in
+++ b/proj.pc.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@
+datarootdir=@datarootdir@
 datadir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@
 
 Name: PROJ