diff --git a/libraries/workload/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/workload/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fcf00e0e9..beaed55734 100644
--- a/libraries/workload/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/workload/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 set(TARGET_NAME workload)
 setup_hifi_library()
-
-link_hifi_libraries(shared)
-
+link_hifi_libraries(shared task)