diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4bbfd7..37ca19c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -197,10 +197,6 @@ if (WINDOWS)
     set(_TESTLINKS ${_TESTLINKS} -Wl,-Bstatic -lws2_32 -Wl,-Bdynamic)
 endif (WINDOWS)
 
-if (NOT WINDOWS)
-    set(_LINKS -lbfd -ldl ${_LINKS})
-endif ()
-
 if (STATICC)
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--as-needed")
     message(STATUS "Linking C library statically")