diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ab3e18b5a..ef5a1f509b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,4 @@ target_link_libraries(videosoftware
 PUBLIC
   common
   videocommon
-
-PRIVATE
-  ${X11_LIBRARIES}
 )