diff --git a/tools/example-tool/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/example-tool/CMakeLists.txt
index c5aa75c2ac..aab2a9a7d6 100644
--- a/tools/example-tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/example-tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(myphasartool
   LINK_PUBLIC
   phasar
-  LLVM
   LINK_PRIVATE
   ${PHASAR_STD_FILESYSTEM}
 )