diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85c1061..ee23417 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -279,13 +279,6 @@ else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     endif()
 endif (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
 
-# Link target with pthread and dl for Unix
-if (UNIX)
-    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-endif (UNIX)
-
 # Set includes for target and transitive downstream targets
 
 target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp
diff --git a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cc5101..11fc871 100644
--- a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ add_library(sqlite3
  sqlite3.h
 )
 
+# Link target with pthread and dl for Unix
+if (UNIX)
+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(sqlite3 PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+endif (UNIX)
+
 target_include_directories(sqlite3 PUBLIC
 	$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)