diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc3636239dccf88fd89541cde575a8ce8e181770..74f951fafa00b6d2b57394b51394aa4e3a472681 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1154,9 +1154,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 
 	endif()
 
-	# used in many places so include globally, like OpenGL
-	blender_include_dirs("${PTHREADS_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-
 elseif(APPLE)
 
 	if(${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} STREQUAL "10.5" OR ${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} STRGREATER "10.5")