diff --git a/MantidPlot/CMakeLists.txt b/MantidPlot/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ebc31e3f63e..0fa6c5e8c92a 100644
--- a/MantidPlot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MantidPlot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ add_executable ( MantidPlot ${WIN_CONSOLE} MACOSX_BUNDLE ${ALL_SRC} src/main.cpp
 # Library dependencies
 target_link_libraries ( MantidPlot LINK_PRIVATE ${TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES_LINKTIME}
             ${CORE_MANTIDLIBS}
-            API
             MantidQtWidgetsCommon
             MantidQtWidgetsInstrumentView
             MantidQtWidgetsSliceViewer