curl-config should only list the full set of libraries if libtool indicates that the target system requires that. What is the output of:

libtool --config | grep link_all_deplibs

on this system? If it's anything other than "link_all_deplibs=no" then curl is doing the right thing, according to libtool.

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** [bugs:#1325] `curl-config --libs` includes -lrtmp (and others) not needed for dynamic linking**
**Status:** open
**Created:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 03:34 PM UTC by Anthony G. Basile
**Last Updated:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 03:37 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
When curl is built with rtmp support, `curl-config --libs` give -lrtmp for the linker line when dynamically linking.  But this is wrong, it is only needed when statically linking.  The problem extends to other libraries as well, eg -lgnutls.  In fact, libcurl.pc has it correct:
Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl
Libs.private: -lrtmp -lz -lgnutls -lssl3 -lsmime3 -lnss3 -lnssutil3 -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -llber -lldap -lz
and yet
curl-config --libs gives
-lcurl -lrtmp -lz -lgnutls -lssl3 -lsmime3 -lnss3 -lnssutil3 -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -llber -lldap -lz
This was hit on a Gentoo system.  The downstream report is at 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497956
by Nikoli <nikoli_at_gmx.us>.
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