diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a3cbc2e76..0930c5de0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ else()
 	target_link_libraries(86Box SDL2::SDL2)
 endif()
 
+target_link_libraries(plat pthread)
+
 find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(86Box PNG::PNG)
diff --git a/src/unix/CMakeLists.txt b/src/unix/CMakeLists.txt
index 10cc8c53e..193de96c0 100644
--- a/src/unix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/unix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ add_library(plat STATIC ${PLAT_SOURCES})
 add_library(ui STATIC unix.c unix_sdl.c unix_cdrom.c)
 target_compile_definitions(ui PUBLIC _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64)
 target_link_libraries(ui dl)
-target_link_libraries(plat pthread)
 if (ALSA_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(plat ALSA::ALSA)
 endif()
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