diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f60d2d7d..5803154a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -808,29 +808,25 @@ if(STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE)
   import_static_lib(static_libglog "libglog.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libdoubleconv "libdouble-conversion.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libgflags "libgflags.a")
-  import_static_lib(static_libevent "libevent.a")
-  import_static_lib(static_libacl "libacl.a")
-  import_static_lib(static_libxml2 "libxml2.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libcrypto "libcrypto.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libz "libz.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libpthread "libpthread.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libdl "libdl.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libm "libm.a")
   import_static_lib(static_librt "librt.a")
-  import_static_lib(static_libssl "libssl.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libunwind "libunwind.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libarchive "libarchive.a")
-  import_static_lib(static_libmagic "libmagic.a")
   import_static_lib(static_libflac "libFLAC++.a")
 
   set_target_properties(static_libunwind PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
                                                     "${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES};static_libz")
   set_target_properties(static_libglog PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
                                                   static_libgflags)
-  set_target_properties(static_librt PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
-                                                static_libgflags)
-  set_target_properties(static_libmagic PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
-                                                static_libz)
+  if(LIBMAGIC_FOUND)
+    import_static_lib(static_libmagic "libmagic.a")
+    set_target_properties(static_libmagic PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+                                                  static_libz)
+  endif()
 
   foreach(tgt ${BINARY_TARGETS} ${TEST_TARGETS})
     # ...................................................................
@@ -844,9 +840,6 @@ if(STATIC_BUILD_DO_NOT_USE)
       static_libglog
       static_libgflags
       static_libarchive
-      static_libevent
-      static_libacl
-      static_libssl
       static_libcrypto
       static_libpthread
       static_libdl
diff --git a/cmake/folly.cmake b/cmake/folly.cmake
index f1756668..46c63d44 100644
--- a/cmake/folly.cmake
+++ b/cmake/folly.cmake
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Snappy ON)
 set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibAIO ON)
 set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibUring ON)
 set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Libsodium ON)
+set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibDwarf ON)
 
 if(NOT PREFER_SYSTEM_FAST_FLOAT)
   set(FASTFLOAT_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fast_float)
@@ -74,6 +75,15 @@ if(NOT DWARFS_FMT_LIB)
   set_target_properties(folly_deps PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${FOLLY_DEPS_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
 endif()
 
+# remove dependencies that are not needed
+get_target_property(_tmp_folly_deps folly_deps INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+list(REMOVE_ITEM _tmp_folly_deps ${LIBEVENT_LIB} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+list(REMOVE_ITEM _tmp_folly_deps Boost::context Boost::atomic Boost::regex Boost::system)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  list(REMOVE_ITEM _tmp_folly_deps Boost::thread)
+endif()
+set_target_properties(folly_deps PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_tmp_folly_deps}")
+
 add_library(dwarfs_folly_lite OBJECT
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/folly/folly/Conv.cpp
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/folly/folly/Demangle.cpp
@@ -197,6 +207,8 @@ if(WITH_BENCHMARKS)
   set_property(TARGET dwarfs_follybenchmark_lite PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
   apply_folly_compile_options_to_target(dwarfs_follybenchmark_lite)
   target_link_libraries(dwarfs_follybenchmark_lite PUBLIC dwarfs_folly_lite)
+  find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS regex)
+  target_link_libraries(dwarfs_follybenchmark_lite PUBLIC Boost::regex)
 endif()
 
 foreach(tgt dwarfs_folly_lite dwarfs_follybenchmark_lite)