diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc38c130..7bdff611 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ foreach (family ${ARCH})
         if (BUILD_PYTHON)
             target_link_libraries(${target} LINK_PUBLIC ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
             if (STATIC_BUILD)
-                target_link_libraries(${target} LINK_PUBLIC ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} -lutil)
+                target_link_libraries(${target} LINK_PUBLIC ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES})
                 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
                 elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows" AND MSVC)
                 else()