diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 34fc75f792..8f3f9e30dc 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ include_directories(${VECWISE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILD}/include)
 
 link_directories(${CMAKE_CURRRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 link_directories(${VECWISE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILD}/lib)
-
+link_directories(${VECWISE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILD}/lib64)
 #execute_process(COMMAND bash build.sh
 #                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party)
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f1a23c5c0d..a777503731 100644
--- a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ set(server_libs
         libyaml-cpp.a
         libboost_system.a
         libboost_filesystem.a
-        pthread
         libsnappy.a
         libbz2.a
         libz.a