diff --git a/RepositoryExternal.mk b/RepositoryExternal.mk
index 420332abfaf0..82c6b173bc48 100644
--- a/RepositoryExternal.mk
+++ b/RepositoryExternal.mk
@@ -1880,9 +1880,9 @@ ifeq ($(SYSTEM_LIBORCUS),YES)
 define gb_LinkTarget__use_orcus
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_set_include,$(1),\
 	$$(INCLUDE) \
-    $(LIBORCUS_CFLAGS) \
+    $(ORCUS_CFLAGS) \
 )
-$(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(LIBORCUS_LIBS))
+$(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(ORCUS_LIBS))
 
 endef
 
diff --git a/config_host.mk.in b/config_host.mk.in
index d7e044067016..1d493e2a8d30 100644
--- a/config_host.mk.in
+++ b/config_host.mk.in
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ export SYSTEM_LIBEXTTEXTCAT_DATA=@SYSTEM_LIBEXTTEXTCAT_DATA@
 export SYSTEM_LIBGSF=@SYSTEM_LIBGSF@
 export SYSTEM_LIBLANGTAG=@SYSTEM_LIBLANGTAG@
 export SYSTEM_LIBMSPUB=@SYSTEM_LIBMSPUB@
+export SYSTEM_LIBORCUS=@SYSTEM_LIBORCUS@
 export SYSTEM_LIBPNG=@SYSTEM_LIBPNG@
 export SYSTEM_LIBRSVG=@SYSTEM_LIBRSVG@
 export SYSTEM_LIBVISIO=@SYSTEM_LIBVISIO@
@@ -557,7 +558,6 @@ export SYSTEM_NSS=@SYSTEM_NSS@
 export SYSTEM_ODBC_HEADERS=@SYSTEM_ODBC_HEADERS@
 export SYSTEM_OPENLDAP=@SYSTEM_OPENLDAP@
 export SYSTEM_OPENSSL=@SYSTEM_OPENSSL@
-export SYSTEM_ORCUS=@SYSTEM_ORCUS@
 export SYSTEM_PANGO=@SYSTEM_PANGO@
 export SYSTEM_POPPLER=@SYSTEM_POPPLER@
 export SYSTEM_POSTGRESQL=@SYSTEM_POSTGRESQL@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b900cd5c3d0b..82320938bb72 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8607,8 +8607,6 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([which orcus library to use])
 if test "$with_system_orcus" = "yes"; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT([external])
     SYSTEM_LIBORCUS=YES
-    LIBORCUS_CFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags liborcus-0.2`"
-    LIBORCUS_LIBS="`$PKG_CONFIG --libs liborcus-0.2`"
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ORCUS, orcus >= 0.1.0)
 else
     AC_MSG_RESULT([internal])
@@ -8617,9 +8615,9 @@ else
     SYSTEM_LIBORCUS=NO
 fi
 AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_LIBORCUS)
+AC_SUBST(ORCUS_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(ORCUS_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(ORCUS_TARBALL)
-AC_SUBST(LIBORCUS_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(LIBORCUS_LIBS)
 
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Check for system hunspell