diff --git a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
index edb5b1d34a..a4df052c2a 100644
--- a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
+++ b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@
 ###########################################################################
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
-# Keep condition in sync with CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
-if((UNIX AND NOT ANDROID AND (NOT APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")) OR
-   VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN OR
-   (MINGW AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING))
-  set(_curl_use_pkgconfig_default ON)
-else()
-  set(_curl_use_pkgconfig_default OFF)
-endif()
-option(CURL_USE_PKGCONFIG "Enable pkg-config to detect @PROJECT_NAME@ dependencies" ${_curl_use_pkgconfig_default})
-
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 if("@USE_OPENSSL@")
   find_dependency(OpenSSL "@OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR@")
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e138941d4..f66b7e1fcb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # Override to force-disable or force-enable the use of pkg-config.
-# Keep condition in sync with CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
 if((UNIX AND NOT ANDROID AND (NOT APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")) OR
    VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN OR
    (MINGW AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING))
@@ -2397,8 +2396,8 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_INSTALL)
   #   CURLVERSION
   #   LIB_SELECTED
   #   TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME
-  #   USE_OPENSSL
-  #   HAVE_LIBZ
+  #   USE_OPENSSL OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR
+  #   HAVE_LIBZ ZLIB_VERSION_MAJOR
   #   CURL_SUPPORTED_FEATURES_LIST
   #   CURL_SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS_LIST
   configure_package_config_file("CMake/curl-config.cmake.in"