diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
index b93e6d3b12..f50aa52740 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ module Superenv
   # @private
   def homebrew_extra_pkg_config_paths
     paths = \
-      ["#{HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/os/mac/pkgconfig/#{MacOS.version}"]
-    paths << "/usr/lib/pkg-config"
+      ["/usr/lib/pkg-config", "#{HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/os/mac/pkgconfig/#{MacOS.version}"]
     paths << "#{MacOS::X11.lib}/pkgconfig" << "#{MacOS::X11.share}/pkgconfig" if x11?
     paths
   end