diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
index fc3eb8416..af58ffb1a 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ SET(REMOTE_VST_PLUGIN_FILEPATH "RemoteVstPlugin" CACHE STRING "Relative file pat
 
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DREMOTE_VST_PLUGIN_FILEPATH="${REMOTE_VST_PLUGIN_FILEPATH}")
 BUILD_PLUGIN(vstbase vst_base.cpp VstPlugin.cpp VstPlugin.h communication.h MOCFILES VstPlugin.h)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(vstbase qx11embedcontainer)
+
+IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(vstbase qx11embedcontainer)
+ENDIF()
 
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_LINUX AND NOT WANT_VST_NOWINE)
 
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 23362b1c0..5dec2890c 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "")
 IF(QT5 AND LMMS_BUILD_LINUX)
 	set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 	add_subdirectory(qt5-x11embed)
-ELSE()
-	add_library(qx11embedcontainer STATIC /dev/null)
 ENDIF()
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(rpmalloc)