diff --git a/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
index f1c257256..053fe1ead 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ add_executable(${EXECUTABLE}
   ${WEECHAT_CURSES_MAIN_HEADLESS_SRC}
 )
 
-add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE}
-  weechat_gui_headless
-  weechat_ncurses_fake
-)
-
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE}
   weechat_core
   weechat_plugins
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
index ff14aa18b..5e25db1d4 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ set(EXECUTABLE weechat)
 
 add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} ${WEECHAT_CURSES_MAIN_SRC})
 
-add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE} weechat_gui_curses_normal)
-
 list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${NCURSES_LIBRARY})
 
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE}
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index 2819ce8f2..2f5e600cc 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ list(APPEND FUZZ_TARGET_LINK
   ${LIBZSTD_LDFLAGS}
   -rdynamic
 )
-list(APPEND FUZZ_TARGET_DEPS
-  weechat_core
-  weechat_plugins
-  weechat_gui_common
-  weechat_gui_headless
-  weechat_ncurses_fake
-)
 
 # fuzz targets
 set(FUZZ_CORE_TARGETS calc eval crypto secure string utf8 util)
@@ -103,5 +96,4 @@ foreach(fuzz_target ${FUZZ_CORE_TARGETS})
   add_executable(weechat_core_${fuzz_target}_fuzzer core/${fuzz_target}-fuzzer.cc)
   target_link_libraries(weechat_core_${fuzz_target}_fuzzer ${FUZZ_TARGET_LINK} coverage_config)
   set_target_properties(weechat_core_${fuzz_target}_fuzzer PROPERTIES LINK_OPTIONS "$ENV{LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE}")
-  add_dependencies(weechat_core_${fuzz_target}_fuzzer ${FUZZ_TARGET_DEPS})
 endforeach()
diff --git a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index 669a4d757..f8c84c41b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,14 +240,6 @@ target_link_libraries(tests
   ${CPPUTEST_LIBRARIES}
   -rdynamic
 )
-add_dependencies(tests
-  weechat_core
-  weechat_plugins
-  weechat_gui_common
-  weechat_gui_headless
-  weechat_ncurses_fake
-  weechat_unit_tests_core
-)
 
 # test for cmake (ctest)
 add_test(NAME unit