diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml
index 5e3e34690..b6a46f0cd 100644
--- a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ build_deps:
   - build-essential # Depends on g++, libc6-dev, make
   - cmake
 dist_deps:
-  - pkg-config # Required until b556beda264308e040f8d88aca4f2f386a0183d9 is pulled in
   - python-dev
diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml
index 2cc9fa3ec..0d0f584b4 100644
--- a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 build_deps:
   - build-essential # Depends on g++, libc6-dev, make
   - cmake
-dist_deps:
-  - pkg-config # Required until b556beda264308e040f8d88aca4f2f386a0183d9 is pulled in
diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/default.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/default.yml
index cc0ae7c98..a0b0da9e6 100644
--- a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/default.yml
+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/default.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ conf_deps:
   - autoconf
   - automake
   - m4
+  - pkg-config
 
 # Dependencies required to compile Zcash
 build_deps: