diff --git a/src/SPC/util/GlobalEnvManager.php b/src/SPC/util/GlobalEnvManager.php
index 073394a7..9f74d2df 100644
--- a/src/SPC/util/GlobalEnvManager.php
+++ b/src/SPC/util/GlobalEnvManager.php
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ class GlobalEnvManager
         if (is_unix()) {
             self::addPathIfNotExists(BUILD_BIN_PATH);
             self::addPathIfNotExists(PKG_ROOT_PATH . '/bin');
-            // internally use `WORKING_DIR/pkgroot-private` to avoid volume mount issues in Docker
-            if (is_dir(WORKING_DIR . '/pkgroot-private/bin')) {
-                self::addPathIfNotExists(WORKING_DIR . '/pkgroot-private/bin');
-            }
             self::putenv('PKG_CONFIG_PATH=' . BUILD_LIB_PATH . '/pkgconfig');
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SPC/util/PkgConfigUtil.php b/src/SPC/util/PkgConfigUtil.php
index 14c2691f..25e0e1f2 100644
--- a/src/SPC/util/PkgConfigUtil.php
+++ b/src/SPC/util/PkgConfigUtil.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class PkgConfigUtil
     {
         // Find pkg-config executable
         $find_list = [
-            WORKING_DIR . '/pkgroot-private/bin/pkg-config', // used in Docker build, which is installed inside the container to avoid volume mounting issues
             PKG_ROOT_PATH . '/bin/pkg-config',
             BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/pkg-config',
         ];