diff --git a/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
index e62a3467e0..9c71aeec9c 100755
--- a/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/scribe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 set(TARGET_NAME scribe)
 
-setup_hifi_project()
+# don't use the setup_hifi_project macro as we don't want Qt or GLM dependencies
+file(GLOB TARGET_SRCS src/*)
+add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_SRCS})
+if (WIN32)
+ set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/OPT:NOREF /OPT:NOICF")
+endif()