diff --git a/cmake/link_vt.cmake b/cmake/link_vt.cmake
index 52128a747f..cc3c9ad340 100644
--- a/cmake/link_vt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/link_vt.cmake
@@ -255,11 +255,4 @@ function(link_target_with_vt)
   if (vt_ubsan_enabled)
     target_link_libraries(${ARG_TARGET} PUBLIC ${ARG_BUILD_TYPE} -fsanitize=undefined)
   endif()
-
-  # Enable additional flag for GCC-8 to link std::filesystem
-  if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES "GNU")
-    if (NOT (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9))
-      target_link_libraries(${ARG_TARGET} PUBLIC ${ARG_BUILD_TYPE} -lstdc++fs)
-    endif ()
-  endif ()
 endfunction()