diff --git a/MQ/histoServer/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/histoServer/CMakeLists.txt
index b776c77c95276526644b349dfca3035e178921ae..040911049b72a50b1c86d4507fa6bceb9e98f509 100644
--- a/MQ/histoServer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/histoServer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPS
 set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmFlibFlesTools
   FairRoot::Base
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairMQ::FairMQ
   ROOT::Gpad
   ROOT::Hist
diff --git a/MQ/hitbuilder/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/hitbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
index 147e90be15ce02cd664c75dfdf97ca9e92e3c471..cbe38046b56383a0a57976510eaf4e39ef91c9b9 100644
--- a/MQ/hitbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/hitbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
 set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmBase
   CbmTofReco  
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   FairRoot::Online
   ROOT::Core
diff --git a/MQ/mcbm/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/mcbm/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b8014c5cd604ac944bfb659c4db2009067e512b..6d67a1e302def24483afb8bcc2db3b02be74a471 100644
--- a/MQ/mcbm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/mcbm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmTofReco
   CbmTrdReco
   CbmEventBuilder
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::Base
   ROOT::Gpad
   ROOT::Hist
diff --git a/MQ/monitor/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/monitor/CMakeLists.txt
index 44b6c8b6d8a45c039d42785a5b2a5823fe57d44b..2bffcb120a07dba9f97d69ddda39b5a87e9abebd 100644
--- a/MQ/monitor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/monitor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPS
 set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmFlibFlesTools
   CbmFlibMcbm2018
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   Boost::serialization
   Boost::program_options
diff --git a/MQ/parmq/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/parmq/CMakeLists.txt
index 5326546a5f6567010efaa9a9dbcab0aa08d3540f..797f86201893757210145622c291a5de87cde5cb 100644
--- a/MQ/parmq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/parmq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ set(SRCS ParameterMQServer.cxx runParameterMQServer.cxx
 set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmMQBase
   CbmSimSteer
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   ROOT::Core
   ROOT::Geom
diff --git a/MQ/sink/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/sink/CMakeLists.txt
index 2987aada8f1fb8cbdbe5d4c1482a9a7e0d7d4c36..4fe669c978370deef2608f8216b4791eb9a8c237 100644
--- a/MQ/sink/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/sink/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ EndIf()
 
 set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmMQBase
-  FairMQ::Tools
   external::fles_ipc
   )
 
diff --git a/MQ/source/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/source/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b0186d0f5d27e6b4764ebaff5b4ebb19c8f482c..b8497ba556cf2e40b98d94446cc26a179d865683 100644
--- a/MQ/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmFlibFlesTools
   external::fles_logging
   cppzmq
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::Base
   FairRoot::ParBase
   )
diff --git a/MQ/unpacker/CMakeLists.txt b/MQ/unpacker/CMakeLists.txt
index 41f190f8bf975e3aae045afa5fdaaf1d1cba4311..f3f676b07d07b19a2cbaa87a3c33ae47bd07b491 100644
--- a/MQ/unpacker/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MQ/unpacker/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPS
   CbmBase
   CbmFlibMcbm2018
   FairLogger::FairLogger
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   ROOT::Hist
   external::fles_ipc
diff --git a/reco/mq/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/mq/CMakeLists.txt
index 96f5138e8c8c48bc00ab65da609b584407e84665..672ea8e047f6a3e3db7313b18a9a54c2860663af 100644
--- a/reco/mq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/mq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPS
   CbmData
   CbmMQBase
   FairRoot::ParBase
-  FairMQ::Tools
   ROOT::Core
   )
 
diff --git a/tutorials/TaskToAlgo/CMakeLists.txt b/tutorials/TaskToAlgo/CMakeLists.txt
index f81868e6adb870b56d795705383c5f204912d927..6a6a7fb055faeb4c0f5135f94408adc07adb62a3 100644
--- a/tutorials/TaskToAlgo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tutorials/TaskToAlgo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
 
 set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmTrdBase
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   FairLogger::FairLogger
   ROOT::Core
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
 
 set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmTrdBase
-  FairMQ::Tools
   FairRoot::ParBase
   FairLogger::FairLogger
   ROOT::Core