diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f36e1f8a2..4b0d5c42dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ else()
 	message("bluez NOT found, disabling bluetooth support")
 endif(BLUEZ_FOUND)
 
-check_lib(PULSEAUDIO libpulse QUIET)
+check_lib(PULSEAUDIO libpulse-simple QUIET)
 if(PULSEAUDIO_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DHAVE_PULSEAUDIO=1)
 	message("PulseAudio found, enabling PulseAudio sound backend")
diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CMakeLists.txt
index b2005515cf..be8c58d14a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ endif(OPENAL_FOUND)
 
 if(PULSEAUDIO_FOUND)
 	set(SRCS ${SRCS} Src/PulseAudioStream.cpp)
-# TODO: remove hacks
-	set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${PULSEAUDIO_LIBRARIES} pulse-simple)
+	set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${PULSEAUDIO_LIBRARIES})
 endif(PULSEAUDIO_FOUND)
 
 if(WIN32)