diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d93664b8b58..7f2665f75a7 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ function(ggml_add_backend_library backend)
         # write the shared library to the output directory
         set_target_properties(${backend} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
         target_compile_definitions(${backend} PRIVATE GGML_BACKEND_DL)
-        add_dependencies(ggml ${backend})
         if (GGML_BACKEND_DIR)
             install(TARGETS ${backend} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${GGML_BACKEND_DIR})
         else()