diff --git a/cmake/scotch.cmake b/cmake/scotch.cmake
index 88a40c7..1863efd 100644
--- a/cmake/scotch.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scotch.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 if (APPLE)
     set(SCOTCH_MAKE Makefile.inc.i686_mac_darwin10)
     set(SCOTCH_CFLAGS "-Drestrict=__restrict -DCOMMON_PTHREAD -DCOMMON_RANDOM_FIXED_SEED -DCOMMON_TIMING_OLD -DSCOTCH_PTHREAD -DSCOTCH_RENAME -DCOMMON_PTHREAD_BARRIER -I${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    set(SCOTCH_LDFLAGS "-Wl,-rpath,${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} -lz -lm -lpthread")
+    set(SCOTCH_LDFLAGS "-Wl,-rpath,${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} -lm -lpthread")
 else ()
     if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64")
         set(SCOTCH_MAKE Makefile.inc.x86-64_pc_linux2)