diff --git a/py-multicontact-api/depend.mk b/py-multicontact-api/depend.mk
index 2c782c620f430c0d324587f26ba230005f2826b3..1474620f6e73b42e64bf14d45c38e6cbb93d8916 100644
--- a/py-multicontact-api/depend.mk
+++ b/py-multicontact-api/depend.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ ifeq (+,$(PY_MULTICONTACT_API_DEPEND_MK)) # ------------------------------------
 PREFER.py-multicontact-api?=	robotpkg
 
 SYSTEM_SEARCH.py-multicontact-api=\
-  'include/multicontact-api/config.hh:/MULTICONTACT_API_VERSION/s/[^0-9.]//gp'	\
-  'lib/pkgconfig/multicontact-api.pc:/Version/s/[^0-9.]//gp'
+	'${PYTHON_SYSLIBSEARCH}/multicontact_api/libmulticontact_api.so'
 
-DEPEND_USE+=				py-multicontact-api
+DEPEND_USE+=					py-multicontact-api
 
 DEPEND_ABI.py-multicontact-api?=		py-multicontact-api>=1.0.0
 DEPEND_DIR.py-multicontact-api?=		../../wip/py-multicontact-api