diff --git a/projects/rccl-tests/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rccl-tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e39d38b82b..cb08498032 100644
--- a/projects/rccl-tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rccl-tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ endif()
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
-##Adding pthread flag for linking
-#set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
-
 ## Check for HIP
 find_package(hip REQUIRED)
 message(STATUS "HIP compiler:     ${HIP_COMPILER}")
diff --git a/projects/rccl-tests/src/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rccl-tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 05824a42d0..6fe68236fd 100644
--- a/projects/rccl-tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rccl-tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ add_custom_target(git_version_check
 add_custom_target(hipify DEPENDS ${HIP_COMMON_SOURCES})
 add_library(rccl_common OBJECT ${HIP_COMMON_SOURCES})
 add_dependencies(rccl_common hipify git_version_check)
-target_link_libraries(rccl_common roc::rccl hip::device)
+target_link_libraries(rccl_common roc::rccl hip::device Threads::Threads)
 if(USE_MPI)
   target_link_libraries(rccl_common MPI::MPI_CXX)
 endif()