diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb0ff47..fb32e2f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 endif ()
 
 # add_definitions(-DBOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_HANDLER_TRACKING)
+add_definitions (-DBOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_THREADS)
 add_definitions (-DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY)
 add_definitions (-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED)
 add_definitions (-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@
 
 # bmcweb
 add_executable (bmcweb ${WEBSERVER_MAIN} ${HDR_FILES} ${SRC_FILES})
-target_link_libraries (bmcweb pthread)
 target_link_libraries (bmcweb ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries (bmcweb ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries (bmcweb pam)
diff --git a/crow/include/crow/app.h b/crow/include/crow/app.h
index f006a78..78d99df 100644
--- a/crow/include/crow/app.h
+++ b/crow/include/crow/app.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <future>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
-#include <thread>
 #include <utility>
 #include "crow/http_request.h"
 #include "crow/http_server.h"