diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 02887c095..8d2009202 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
     if (HAVE_RULES)
         target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui pcre)
     endif()
-    target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::LinguistTools)
+    target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport)
 
     install(TARGETS cppcheck-gui RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
     install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)