diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ceab872f..d0eec5526 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ add_executable(${target} WIN32 MACOSX_BUNDLE ${sources} ${ui_files} ${platform_e
 
 target_link_libraries(
   ${target}
-  ${DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_LIB}
   gui
   Qt6::Core
   Qt6::Widgets
diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
index 32e8f637a..021008663 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 #include "gui/validators/ScreenNameValidator.h"
 #include "gui/validators/ValidationError.h"
 
-#ifdef DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_HEADER
-#include DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_HEADER
-#endif
-
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QMessageBox>
diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
index 5baf02ff7..a33040fef 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 #include "gui/messages.h"
 #include "gui/string_utils.h"
 
-#ifdef DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_HEADER
-#include DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_HEADER
-#endif
-
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 8619298c3..65b366d9a 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ add_library(${target} STATIC ${sources} ${headers})
 
 target_link_libraries(
   ${target}
-  ${DESKFLOW_GUI_HOOK_LIB}
   platform
   Qt6::Core
   Qt6::Widgets