diff --git a/dtool/src/interrogatedb/CMakeLists.txt b/dtool/src/interrogatedb/CMakeLists.txt
index 01b34cd51f..5de820961d 100644
--- a/dtool/src/interrogatedb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dtool/src/interrogatedb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ set(P3INTERROGATEDB_SOURCES
 composite_sources(p3interrogatedb P3INTERROGATEDB_SOURCES)
 
 add_library(p3interrogatedb ${P3INTERROGATEDB_HEADERS} ${P3INTERROGATEDB_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(p3interrogatedb p3dconfig ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(p3interrogatedb p3dconfig)
 
 install(TARGETS p3interrogatedb DESTINATION lib)