diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/subversion.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/subversion.cfg
index 37d06551acbc2d68c465ebf4908503f97cb3ca33..e6731317e5a76482c6e487c1e1501e6408a2c361 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/subversion.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/subversion.cfg
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ configure-options =
   --disable-nls
 
 environment =
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${apache:location}/lib/pkgconfig:${sqlite3:location}/lib/pkgconfig:${openssl:location}/lib/pkgconfig:${neon:location}/lib/pkgconfig
   CPPFLAGS=-I${libexpat:location}/include -I${libuuid:location}/include
   LDFLAGS=-L${libexpat:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${sqlite3:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${neon:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${apache:location}/lib -L${libuuid:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${libuuid:location}/lib
diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index b84ed78cb18fbf1f6f8ff3fe29a6fc846d7f7eb5..7fbfc647b7cd506c5df8afac5309b90223465034 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -718,7 +718,6 @@ class AssertSubversion(AssertSoftwareMixin):
         software in [
           'apache',
           'libuuid',
-          'libexpat',
           'neon',
           'sqlite3',
           'subversion',