diff --git a/examples/DDCMS/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/DDCMS/CMakeLists.txt
index f1586e9c8..136ccc015 100644
--- a/examples/DDCMS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/DDCMS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ dd4hep_add_plugin ( DDCMS
           ROOT::Core ROOT::Geom ROOT::GenVector CLHEP::CLHEP Geant4::Interface
 )
 target_include_directories(DDCMS PUBLIC include)
-target_link_options(DDCMS PRIVATE -L${Geant4_DIR}/..)
 #message (STATUS "CLHEP: ${CLHEP}")
 #
 #