diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
index e73269ce14f1..4158a4c96efd 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ add_mlir_library(MLIRCAPIIR
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir-c
 
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
-  MLIRStandardOps
   MLIRIR
   MLIRParser
   MLIRSupport