diff --git a/applications/CMakeLists.txt b/applications/CMakeLists.txt
index 90a8b3629..4867ee806 100644
--- a/applications/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applications/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_APPLICATION_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 SET(TARGET_DEFAULT_PREFIX "application_")
 SET(TARGET_DEFAULT_LABEL_PREFIX "Applications")
 SET(TARGET_COMMON_LIBRARIES 
-	OpenThreads
 	osg 
 	osgDB 
 	osgUtil
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index fdc7c1158..2faf1f362 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SET(TARGET_DEFAULT_PREFIX "example_")
 SET(TARGET_DEFAULT_LABEL_PREFIX "Examples")
 
 SET(TARGET_COMMON_LIBRARIES 
-	OpenThreads
 	osg 
 	osgDB 
 	osgUtil