diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8316b2339..0aecf7376 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ endif()
 # Check for CURL
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 
-set(STATIC_LIBS weechat_plugins)
-
 find_library(DL_LIBRARY
   NAMES dl
   PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/libexec /usr/local/lib /usr/local/libexec
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 88a4de042..b549ef2be 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #
 
 add_subdirectory(core)
-list(APPEND STATIC_LIBS weechat_core)
 
 add_subdirectory(plugins)
 
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ccbc254b..3ff0c7736 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ set(LIB_GUI_COMMON_SRC
 include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 add_library(weechat_gui_common OBJECT ${LIB_GUI_COMMON_SRC})
 target_link_libraries(weechat_gui_common coverage_config)
-list(APPEND STATIC_LIBS weechat_gui_common)
 
 subdirs(curses)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f65ccbfd..6a8367547 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE}
+  weechat_core
+  weechat_plugins
+  weechat_gui_common
   weechat_gui_headless
   weechat_ncurses_fake
   ${EXTRA_LIBS}
-  ${STATIC_LIBS}
   coverage_config
 )
 
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fa7436b0..1716905a8 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE} weechat_gui_curses_normal)
 list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${NCURSES_LIBRARY})
 
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE}
+  weechat_core
+  weechat_plugins
+  weechat_gui_common
   weechat_gui_curses_normal
   ${EXTRA_LIBS}
-  ${STATIC_LIBS}
   coverage_config
 )