diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index ad693e31b..db51d1b9f 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Set lib core link dependencies
-set(libraries_to_link
-    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-)
+set(libraries_to_link)
 
 set(gsl_test_sources)
 if(${GSL_FOUND})
diff --git a/src/core/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 9befa2b39..0f0d7eeff 100644
--- a/src/core/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ build_lib_example(
   NAME main-test-sync
   SOURCE_FILES main-test-sync.cc
   LIBRARIES_TO_LINK ${libnetwork}
-                    ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )
 
 build_lib_example(