diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 129a04a0efbe1a7ca8c1c2b626935b8bc160764a..d5fade9109e63c79dd6910acfba75cf0aeb5cd57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ target_include_directories(asio INTERFACE ${asio_SOURCE_DIR}/asio/include)
 target_link_libraries(asio INTERFACE Threads::Threads)
 add_library(asio::asio ALIAS asio)
 
-
-pkg_check_modules(LIBCONFIG IMPORTED_TARGET libconfig>=1.4.9)
-
 if (CARGO_BUILD_TESTS)
 
   enable_testing()
diff --git a/docker/0.3.0-wip/Dockerfile b/docker/0.3.0-wip/Dockerfile
index 53b3b4e299136ebaac41c52f3bc3a400eed571be..6949d1643111f79fad91cd4e70e8793cc11cd0a7 100644
--- a/docker/0.3.0-wip/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/0.3.0-wip/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RUN set -ex \
            boost-openmpi-devel \
            json-c-devel \
            openmpi-devel \
-           libconfig-devel \
     # install cmake 3.21+ since we need to produce JUnit XML files
     && curl -OL https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.27.6/cmake-3.27.6-Linux-x86_64.sh \
     && chmod u+x ./cmake-3.27.6-Linux-x86_64.sh \
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ab210a2d862dcd506bb8143e4a035d636a8eb0ac..ff1a5c3779fe132b7860e36bc539206d53a532ea 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ target_include_directories(
 
 target_link_libraries(
   cargo_server
-  PRIVATE config
-          rpc_server
+  PRIVATE rpc_server
           cargo
           fmt::fmt
           MPI::MPI_CXX