diff --git a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index e1c04d7..11ba9a6 100644
--- a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,12 +244,9 @@ else()
             X11
             X11-xcb
             dl
+            glib-2.0
             pthread
         )
-        if (Qt5DBus_FOUND)
-            # needed for hime only
-            target_link_libraries(external_qt INTERFACE glib-2.0)
-        endif()
         find_library(DBUS_LIBRARY dbus-1)
         if (Qt5DBus_FOUND AND DBUS_LIBRARY)
             target_link_libraries(external_qt INTERFACE dbus-1)