diff --git a/dep/span-lite/CMakeLists.txt b/dep/span-lite/CMakeLists.txt
index d63cc9a4a..4d4f9d43f 100644
--- a/dep/span-lite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dep/span-lite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@ add_library(martinmoene::span-lite ALIAS span-lite)
 
 target_include_directories(span-lite INTERFACE
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-
-target_link_libraries(span-lite
-  INTERFACE
-    zm-dependency-interface)