diff --git a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 298da517ca..11d398c719 100644
--- a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,10 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(fdb_c_client_memory_test PRIVATE fdb_c Threads::Threads)
 
   target_include_directories(fdb_c_api_tester_impl PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foundationdb/ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/flow/include ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/flow/include)
-  target_link_libraries(fdb_c_api_tester_impl PRIVATE fdb_cpp toml11_target Threads::Threads fmt::fmt boost_target stdc++fs)
+  target_link_libraries(fdb_c_api_tester_impl PRIVATE fdb_cpp toml11_target Threads::Threads fmt::fmt boost_target)
+  if (NOT APPLE)
+      target_link_libraries(fdb_c_api_tester_impl PRIVATE stdc++fs)
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries(fdb_c_api_tester_impl PRIVATE SimpleOpt)
 
   target_include_directories(fdb_c_unit_tests_impl PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/foundationdb/)