diff --git a/make/wt-defs.mk b/make/wt-defs.mk
index 6222db68..9b4753db 100644
--- a/make/wt-defs.mk
+++ b/make/wt-defs.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_WT),true)
     PROJECT_LDFLAGS += -lwtdbopostgres -lwtdbosqlite3 -lwtdbo
   endif
 
-  PROJECT_LDFLAGS += -lwtext -lwt
+  PROJECT_LDFLAGS += -lwt
 
 endif