diff --git a/src/tscore/Makefile.am b/src/tscore/Makefile.am
index 96174d0d56e..941a3625d9b 100644
--- a/src/tscore/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tscore/Makefile.am
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ ParseRulesCType: CompileParseRules
 	LSAN_OPTIONS='detect_leaks=0' ./CompileParseRules
 
 test_atomic_SOURCES = test_atomic.cc
-test_atomic_LDADD = libtscore.la $(top_builddir)/src/tscpp/util/libtscpputil.la @SWOC_LIBSS@ @LIBPCRE@
+test_atomic_LDADD = libtscore.la $(top_builddir)/src/tscpp/util/libtscpputil.la @LIBPCRE@
 
 test_freelist_SOURCES = test_freelist.cc
 test_freelist_LDADD = libtscore.la $(top_builddir)/src/tscpp/util/libtscpputil.la @SWOC_LIBS@ @LIBPCRE@