diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c3e301da2b07b2ab87eafa2835ec948073b7adf6..3fd237984d66a25e07b0b15f5486adbef37e3800 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,16 +44,11 @@ if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-if (NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
-	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin sqlite3 libprotobuf ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
-else ()
-	if (WIN32)
-		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin sqlite3 ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES})
-	else()
-		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${POPT_LIBRARY})
-	endif()
-endif()
+if (WIN32)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+else (WIN32)
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${POPT_LIBRARY})
+endif(WIN32)
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(transport PROPERTIES
       VERSION ${TRANSPORT_VERSION} SOVERSION ${TRANSPORT_VERSION}