diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a779b1..a3bdfeb 100755
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ target_link_libraries(rapmap
     ${SUFFARRAY64_LIB}
     ${GAT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/install/lib/libjellyfish-2.0.a
     m
-    pthread
     ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES}
     ${NON_APPLECLANG_LIBS}
     ${FAST_MALLOC_LIB}