diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 2400c2e9..90c685c4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-if (NOT FAT_RUNTIME)
+if (NOT FAT_RUNTIME AND (BUILD_STATIC_AND_SHARED OR BUILD_STATIC_LIBS))
   add_executable(benchmarks benchmarks.cpp)
   set_source_files_properties(benchmarks.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
       "-Wall -Wno-unused-variable")
-  if (BUILD_STATIC_AND_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    target_link_libraries(benchmarks hs_shared)
-  else()
-    target_link_libraries(benchmarks hs)
-  endif()
+  target_link_libraries(benchmarks hs)
 endif()