diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/build-gh_runner.yml
index fbd791f9115..3a83c51db3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-gh_runner.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ jobs:
             gnupg \
             groff-base \
             libtool \
-            pkg-config \
             software-properties-common \
             tar \
             unzip \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-smoke-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/test-smoke-gh_runner.yml
index f0fdfbaeab5..cc37e0b32e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-smoke-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-smoke-gh_runner.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: 'Dependencies'
         required: false
-        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline pkg-config libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
+        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
index 16530443396..90b07972271 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: 'Dependencies'
         required: false
-        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline pkg-config libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
+        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
index 69928aa0811..eb8daf6a069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: 'Dependencies'
         required: false
-        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline pkg-config libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
+        default: 'bison flex build-essential binutils-dev curl lsb-release libcppunit-dev python3-dev default-jdk r-base-dev r-cran-rcpp r-cran-rinside r-cran-inline libtool autotools-dev automake git cmake xmlstarlet'
 
 jobs: