diff --git a/sims/common-sim-flags.mk b/sims/common-sim-flags.mk
index 1c73a510..766dd0d3 100644
--- a/sims/common-sim-flags.mk
+++ b/sims/common-sim-flags.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ SIM_LDFLAGS = \
 	-L$(sim_dir) \
 	-L$(dramsim_dir) \
 	-lfesvr \
-	-lpthread \
 	-ldramsim \
 	$(EXTRA_SIM_LDFLAGS)