diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ifcgeom/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
index 90317141e5..6aab9fa9d5 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ set_target_properties(geometry_serializer PROPERTIES
     LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${geometry_serialization_plugin_runtime_dir}"
 )
 target_link_libraries(geometry_serializer plugin IfcGeom IfcParse ${OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES})
-target_link_libraries(geometry_serializer geometry_kernel_opencascade)
 set(IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES} "geometry_serializer")
 set(IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES ${IFCOPENSHELL_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)