diff --git a/external/auto_updates/xz/CMakeLists.txt b/external/auto_updates/xz/CMakeLists.txt
index 8631a5d..b827185 100644
--- a/external/auto_updates/xz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/auto_updates/xz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,4 @@ else()
     INTERFACE
         lzma
     )
-
-    target_link_libraries(external_xz
-    INTERFACE
-        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-    )
 endif()
diff --git a/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt b/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
index 27b9d02..b6bba91 100644
--- a/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ INTERFACE
 target_link_libraries(external_dispatch_bundled
 INTERFACE
     ${dispatch_binary_dir}/src/BlocksRuntime/libBlocksRuntime.a
-    pthread
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(external_dispatch
diff --git a/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 50acdd4..394ac61 100644
--- a/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ else()
         target_link_libraries(external_ffmpeg
         INTERFACE
             X11
-            pthread
         )
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/external/hime_qt/hime_im_client/CMakeLists.txt b/external/hime_qt/hime_im_client/CMakeLists.txt
index 5392daa..fd4f0b7 100644
--- a/external/hime_qt/hime_im_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/hime_qt/hime_im_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,4 @@ else()
     PRIVATE
         ${X11_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
-
-    target_link_libraries(external_hime_im_client
-    PRIVATE
-        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-    )
 endif()
diff --git a/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt b/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt
index 72537cd..0121b09 100644
--- a/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ INTERFACE
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/include
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(external_jemalloc_bundled
-INTERFACE
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-    pthread
-)
-
 add_dependencies(external_jemalloc_bundled jemalloc-build)
 
 target_link_libraries(external_jemalloc
diff --git a/external/nimf_qt5/CMakeLists.txt b/external/nimf_qt5/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f2e55b..7c4d569 100644
--- a/external/nimf_qt5/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/nimf_qt5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ else()
     target_link_libraries(external_nimf_qt5
     PRIVATE
         desktop-app::external_qt
-        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     )
 endif()
diff --git a/external/openal/CMakeLists.txt b/external/openal/CMakeLists.txt
index f97013a..cd3eedf 100644
--- a/external/openal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/openal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ else()
     INTERFACE
         openal
     )
-    target_link_libraries(external_openal
-    INTERFACE
-        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-        pthread
-    )
 endif()
 
 if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
diff --git a/external/openssl/openssl_common/CMakeLists.txt b/external/openssl/openssl_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 3caa6fb..07548fa 100644
--- a/external/openssl/openssl_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/openssl/openssl_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,12 +19,4 @@ if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
             ${libs_loc}/openssl/include
         )
     endif()
-
-    if (LINUX)
-        target_link_libraries(external_openssl_common
-        INTERFACE
-            ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-            pthread
-        )
-    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 23b59ba..172b66b 100644
--- a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ else()
             xcb
             X11
             X11-xcb
-            ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-            pthread
         )
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt b/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
index 798e204..b39bef7 100644
--- a/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ else()
             xcb
             X11
             X11-xcb
-            ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-            pthread
         )
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/external/rlottie/CMakeLists.txt b/external/rlottie/CMakeLists.txt
index dd87a7d..ab18554 100644
--- a/external/rlottie/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/rlottie/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,13 +133,6 @@ else()
         ${rlottie_loc}/src/vector/freetype
     )
 
-    if (LINUX)
-        target_link_libraries(external_rlottie_bundled
-        PRIVATE
-            pthread
-        )
-    endif()
-
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
         target_compile_options(external_rlottie_bundled
         PRIVATE
diff --git a/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt b/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
index 02205ba..8c8e281 100644
--- a/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ PRIVATE
 target_link_libraries(linux_wayland_helper
 PUBLIC
     desktop-app::external_gsl
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/linux_xcb_helper/CMakeLists.txt b/linux_xcb_helper/CMakeLists.txt
index f1f46c2..8344d6b 100644
--- a/linux_xcb_helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linux_xcb_helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,3 @@ nice_target_sources(linux_xcb_helper ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 PRIVATE
     linux_xcb_helper.cpp
 )
-
-target_link_libraries(linux_xcb_helper
-PUBLIC
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-)
diff --git a/options_linux.cmake b/options_linux.cmake
index 241ce37..d60af4f 100644
--- a/options_linux.cmake
+++ b/options_linux.cmake
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ INTERFACE
 target_link_options(common_options
 INTERFACE
     -Wl,--as-needed
+    -pthread
 )
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(common_options
 INTERFACE
     desktop-app::external_jemalloc
+    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_ALLOCATION_TRACER)
@@ -109,7 +111,6 @@ if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
     endif()
     target_link_options(common_options
     INTERFACE
-        -pthread
         -rdynamic
         -fwhole-program
         -Wl,-z,relro
@@ -117,16 +118,3 @@ if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
         # -pie # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/1601
     )
 endif()
-
-if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
-    find_library(ATOMIC_LIBRARY atomic)
-else()
-    find_library(ATOMIC_LIBRARY libatomic.a)
-endif()
-
-if (ATOMIC_LIBRARY)
-    target_link_libraries(common_options
-    INTERFACE
-        ${ATOMIC_LIBRARY}
-    )
-endif()