diff --git a/sneak_peek.md b/sneak_peek.md
index 7dd2402765..62efa25e4d 100644
--- a/sneak_peek.md
+++ b/sneak_peek.md
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ This is essentially a placeholder for the next release note ...
   + none
 
 * Bug fixes
+  + Fix PnetCDF package file, pnetcdf.pc.in, by removing GIO library as a
+    required library. Because GIO's source codes are included in all PnetCDF
+    official releases, it is not necessary to make gio as a required package.
+    Thanks Victor Eijkhout for reporting in
+    [Issue #245](https://github.com/Parallel-NetCDF/PnetCDF/issues/245). See
+    the fix in [PR #246](https://github.com/Parallel-NetCDF/PnetCDF/pull/246).
   + Fix a compilation error when using Intel oneAPI compilers causing some
     Fortran APIs not visible in the shared library. Thanks to Xylar Asay-Davis
     for reporting and suggesting the fix in
diff --git a/src/packaging/pnetcdf.pc.in b/src/packaging/pnetcdf.pc.in
index 47e9da03fb..aba430cd1f 100644
--- a/src/packaging/pnetcdf.pc.in
+++ b/src/packaging/pnetcdf.pc.in
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ Version: @PNETCDF_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpnetcdf
 Libs.private:
-Requires: @GIO_PACKAGE@ @NETCDF4_PACKAGE@ @ADIOS_PACKAGE@
+Requires: @NETCDF4_PACKAGE@ @ADIOS_PACKAGE@
 Requires.private: