diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index ce87f49683bff30ea6f52c4f06e33dc4d1bf135e..73253a6a1bcb5bfc3e040316791229889c3ddd22 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,4 @@ target_include_directories(cdi PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include
 )
-
-target_link_libraries(cdi PUBLIC cdilib netCDF::netcdf ${HDF5_LIBS} pthread)
-
-target_compile_definitions(cdi PUBLIC HAVE_CONFIG_H)
+target_link_libraries(cdi PUBLIC cdilib netCDF::netcdf pthread)