diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e2d90d4..c0b48a52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ endif(WIN32)
 if(APPLE)
     add_definitions(-DAPPLE)
     include_directories(/opt/X11/include/)
-    list(APPEND NANA_LINKS -L/opt/X11/lib/ -liconv)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE iconv)
     set(ENABLE_AUDIO OFF)
 elseif(UNIX)
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ endif(APPLE)
 
 if(UNIX)
     find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
-    list(APPEND NANA_LINKS ${X11_LIBRARIES})
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
         PRIVATE ${X11_LIBRARIES}
         PRIVATE ${X11_Xft_LIB}
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ if(UNIX)
             PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
             PRIVATE ${FONTCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR}
         )
-        list(APPEND NANA_LINKS ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
         target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
             PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES}
             PRIVATE ${FONTCONFIG_LIBRARIES}
@@ -208,10 +205,8 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang") #  AN
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
     if(NANA_CMAKE_SHARED_LIB)
-        list(APPEND NANA_LINKS -lgcc -lstdc++)
     else()
         set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
-        # message("Setting NANA_LINKS to -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++  -pthread or ${NANA_LINKS}")
     endif(NANA_CMAKE_SHARED_LIB)
 
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.3)
@@ -237,7 +232,6 @@ if(NANA_CMAKE_ENABLE_PNG)
     if(NANA_CMAKE_LIBPNG_FROM_OS)
         find_package(PNG)
         if (PNG_FOUND)
-            list(APPEND NANA_LINKS ${PNG_LIBRARIES})
             target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE PNG::PNG)
             target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC USE_LIBPNG_FROM_OS)
         endif(PNG_FOUND)
@@ -253,7 +247,6 @@ if(NANA_CMAKE_ENABLE_JPEG)
         find_package(JPEG)
         if (JPEG_FOUND)
             target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME PRIVATE ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR})
-            list(APPEND NANA_LINKS ${JPEG_LIBRARIES})
             target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${JPEG_LIBRARIES})
             target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC USE_LIBJPEG_FROM_OS)
         endif(JPEG_FOUND)
@@ -269,7 +262,6 @@ if(NANA_CMAKE_ENABLE_AUDIO)
         find_package(ASOUND)
         if (ASOUND_FOUND)
             target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME PRIVATE ${ASOUND_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-            list(APPEND NANA_LINKS -lasound)
             target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${ASOUND_LIBRARIES})
         else(ASOUND_FOUND)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "libasound is not found")
@@ -293,7 +285,6 @@ elseif (NANA_CMAKE_FIND_BOOST_FILESYSTEM OR NANA_CMAKE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM_FORCE)
     find_package(Boost COMPONENTS filesystem)
     if (Boost_FOUND)
         add_definitions(-DNANA_BOOST_FILESYSTEM_AVAILABLE)
-        list(APPEND NANA_LINKS ${Boost_LIBRARIES})    ######  FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    add   is not first
         target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Boost::Boost)
     endif (Boost_FOUND)
     set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
@@ -394,7 +385,6 @@ message ( "CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX  = "  ${CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX})
 message ( "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS           = "  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
 message ( "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS    = "  ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS})
 message ( "CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS = "  ${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS})
-message ( "NANA_LINKS                = "  ${NANA_LINKS})
 message ( "DESTDIR                   = "  ${DESTDIR})
 message ( "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX      = "  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 message ( "NANA_INCLUDE_DIR          = "  ${NANA_INCLUDE_DIR})