diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f279206608..c3525d3fca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ if(CURL_USE_GSSAPI)
     string(REPLACE ";" " " GSS_LINKER_FLAGS "${GSS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${GSS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${GSS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
-    set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS} ${GSS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${GSS_LIBRARIES})
 
   else()