diff --git a/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in b/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
index 30b3ca0a8..96bd3c2ff 100644
--- a/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix (libcmd)
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libcmd)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store
-Requires.private: lix-fetchers lix-expr lix-main @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@ libeditline lowdown ncurses
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixcmd
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libcmd/meson.build b/lix/libcmd/meson.build
index 93713b41b..3ba822fcd 100644
--- a/lix/libcmd/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libcmd/meson.build
@@ -73,19 +73,3 @@ liblixcmd = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libcmd,
 )
-meson.override_dependency('lix-cmd', liblixcmd)
-
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-cmd.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-cmd.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-    'BOEHM_IF_FOUND' : boehm.found() ? 'bdw-gc' : '',
-  },
-)
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in b/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
index ea71ea43d..a917a04f7 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libexpr
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libexpr)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-# dependencies on boost is omitted since it is optional (only required by some headers)
-Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store lix-fetchers @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixexpr
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/meson.build b/lix/libexpr/meson.build
index 4659cbbcf..f9fa057be 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libexpr/meson.build
@@ -349,20 +349,3 @@ liblixexpr = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libexpr,
 )
-
-meson.override_dependency('lix-expr', liblixexpr)
-
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-expr.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-expr.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-    'BOEHM_IF_FOUND' : boehm.found() ? 'bdw-gc' : '',
-  },
-)
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in b/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
index 513b1c0d5..7d9a22e8d 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libfetchers
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libfetchers)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixfetchers
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/meson.build b/lix/libfetchers/meson.build
index 48ced31e2..d6067c091 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/meson.build
@@ -92,20 +92,6 @@ endif
 
 install_headers(libfetchers_headers, subdir : 'lix/libfetchers', preserve_path : true)
 
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-fetchers.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-fetchers.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-  },
-)
-
 liblixfetchers = declare_dependency(
   include_directories : include_directories('../..'),
   sources : libfetchers_settings_header,
@@ -116,5 +102,3 @@ liblixfetchers = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libfetchers,
 )
-
-meson.override_dependency('lix-fetchers', liblixfetchers)
diff --git a/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in b/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
index 3478263a3..6c2ab68df 100644
--- a/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libmain
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libmain)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util
-Requires.private: lix-store
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixmain
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libmain/meson.build b/lix/libmain/meson.build
index c256ab2fe..8d64ac9a9 100644
--- a/lix/libmain/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libmain/meson.build
@@ -41,18 +41,3 @@ liblixmain = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libmain,
 )
-meson.override_dependency('lix-main', liblixmain)
-
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-main.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-main.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-  },
-)
diff --git a/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in b/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
index a039dba3b..bd25a915f 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libstore
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libstore)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util
-Requires.private: @AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND@ capnp-rpc libcrypto libcurl libarchive libseccomp sqlite3
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixstore
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libstore/meson.build b/lix/libstore/meson.build
index 8fefda253..71c9caa99 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libstore/meson.build
@@ -404,20 +404,3 @@ liblixstore = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libstore,
 )
-
-meson.override_dependency('lix-store', liblixstore)
-
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-store.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-store.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-    'AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND' : aws_sdk.found() ? 'aws-cpp-sdk-core aws-cpp-sdk-s3 aws-cpp-sdk-transfer' : '',
-  },
-)
diff --git a/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in b/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
index 4b392f47d..df5cba9fe 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libutil
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libutil)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-# dependencies on boost, libarchive, nlohmann_json are omitted since they are optional (only required by some headers)
-Requires: lix-base
-Requires.private: libbrotlidec libbrotlienc libcpuid libarchive libcrypto
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixutil
+Requires: lix
diff --git a/lix/libutil/meson.build b/lix/libutil/meson.build
index ee2b6991a..8decfa44c 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libutil/meson.build
@@ -399,20 +399,6 @@ endif
 
 install_headers(libutil_headers, subdir : 'lix/libutil', preserve_path : true)
 
-# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
-# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix-util.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-util.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-  },
-)
-
 # Used by libstore and libfetchers.
 liblixutil = declare_dependency(
   include_directories : include_directories('../..'),
@@ -436,5 +422,3 @@ liblixutil = declare_dependency(
   ],
   link_with : libutil
 )
-
-meson.override_dependency('lix-util', liblixutil)
diff --git a/lix/lix.pc.in b/lix/lix.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be89d6dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lix/lix.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: Lix libraries
+Description: Lix Package Manager (libraries)
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+# dependencies on boost, libarchive, nlohmann_json are omitted since they are optional (only required by some headers)
+Requires: lix-base kj-async @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@
+Requires.private: @AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND@ @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@ libeditline lowdown ncurses libbrotlidec libbrotlienc libcpuid libarchive libcrypto capnp-rpc libcurl libseccomp sqlite3
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lrust_monocrate -llixutil -llixstore -llixfetchers -llixexpr -llixmain -llixcmd
diff --git a/lix/meson.build b/lix/meson.build
index 81f502f1d..9db97b414 100644
--- a/lix/meson.build
+++ b/lix/meson.build
@@ -147,6 +147,35 @@ subdir('libmain')
 # libcmd depends on everything
 subdir('libcmd')
 
+# FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
+# while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
+foreach lib : [ 'util', 'store', 'fetchers', 'expr', 'main', 'cmd' ]
+  configure_file(
+    input : f'lib@lib@/lix-@lib@.pc.in',
+    output : f'lix-@lib@.pc',
+    install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
+    configuration : {
+      'prefix' : prefix,
+      'libdir' : libdir,
+      'includedir' : includedir,
+      'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
+    },
+  )
+endforeach
+
+liblix = declare_dependency(
+  dependencies : [
+    liblixutil,
+    liblixstore,
+    liblixfetchers,
+    liblixexpr,
+    liblixmain,
+    liblixcmd,
+  ],
+)
+
+meson.override_dependency('lix', liblix)
+
 # The rest of the subdirectories aren't separate components,
 # just source files in another directory, so we process them here.
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 523bcd542..34ff02349 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -591,17 +591,21 @@ endforeach
 
 # FIXME: not using the pkg-config module because it creates way too many deps
 # while meson migration is in progress, and we want to not include boost here
-configure_file(
-  input : 'lix/lix-base.pc.in',
-  output : 'lix-base.pc',
-  install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-  configuration : {
-    'prefix' : prefix,
-    'libdir' : libdir,
-    'includedir' : includedir,
-    'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
-  },
-)
+foreach pkgconf : [ 'lix-base.pc', 'lix.pc' ]
+  configure_file(
+    input : f'lix/@pkgconf@.in',
+    output : pkgconf,
+    install_dir : libdir / 'pkgconfig',
+    configuration : {
+      'prefix' : prefix,
+      'libdir' : libdir,
+      'includedir' : includedir,
+      'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
+      'AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND' : aws_sdk.found() ? 'aws-cpp-sdk-core aws-cpp-sdk-s3 aws-cpp-sdk-transfer' : '',
+      'BOEHM_IF_FOUND' : boehm.found() ? 'bdw-gc' : '',
+    },
+  )
+endforeach
 
 add_project_arguments(
   # TODO(Qyriad): Yes this is how the autoconf+Make system did it.
diff --git a/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/meson.build b/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/meson.build
index 873279dc1..1ce51df21 100644
--- a/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/meson.build
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ project('nix-eval-jobs', 'cpp',
   ],
 )
 
-nix_main_dep = dependency('lix-main', required: true)
-nix_store_dep = dependency('lix-store', required: true)
-nix_expr_dep = dependency('lix-expr', required: true)
-nix_cmd_dep = dependency('lix-cmd', required: true)
-nix_util_dep = dependency('lix-util', required: true)
+lix_dep = dependency('lix', required: true)
 threads_dep = dependency('threads', required: true)
 nlohmann_json_dep = dependency('nlohmann_json', required: true)
 boost_dep = dependency('boost', required: true)
diff --git a/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/src/meson.build b/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/src/meson.build
index 773d0a7e1..72f7ee8bd 100644
--- a/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/src/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/nix-eval-jobs/src/meson.build
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ configure_file(
 
 executable('nix-eval-jobs', src,
            dependencies : [
-             nix_util_dep,
-             nix_main_dep,
-             nix_store_dep,
-             nix_expr_dep,
-             nix_cmd_dep,
+             lix_dep,
              boost_dep,
              nlohmann_json_dep,
              threads_dep,