diff --git a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
index 7d516f8b04..c3b310a967 100644
--- a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ macro(CheckPTHREAD)
       if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "SunPro")
         set(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS "-mt -lpthread")
       else()
-        set(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS "-pthread -lposix4")
+        set(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS "-pthread")
       endif()
     elseif(SYSV5)
       set(PTHREAD_CFLAGS "-D_REENTRANT -Kthread")