diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71058f0..1b5ab4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ target_link_libraries(matrix_client
                       OpenSSL::Crypto
                       OpenSSL::SSL
                       Olm::Olm
-                      ZLIB::ZLIB
-                      nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+                      ZLIB::ZLIB)
 
 if(NOT MSVC AND NOT APPLE)
   target_link_libraries(matrix_client PUBLIC Threads::Threads)