diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/CMakeLists.txt b/src/misc_utilities/CMakeLists.txt
index fd675f9..d9ac3a7 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE( benchmark  benchmark.cpp )
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(benchmark 
     openalpr
     support
-    tinythread
     ${OpenCV_LIBS} 
     tesseract
   )
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE( findnegatives  findnegatives.cpp  )
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(findnegatives 
     openalpr
     support
-    tinythread
     ${OpenCV_LIBS} 
     tesseract
   )
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diff --git a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a27d58..3cc4923 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ set(lpr_source_files
  verticalhistogram.cpp
  trex.c
  cjson.c
+ tinythread/tinythread.cpp
 )
 
  
 
 add_subdirectory(simpleini)
 add_subdirectory(support)
-add_subdirectory(tinythread)
 
 
 add_library(openalpr ${lpr_source_files})
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diff --git a/src/openalpr/tinythread/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openalpr/tinythread/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 435c2de..0000000
--- a/src/openalpr/tinythread/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-set(tinythread_source_files
- tinythread.cpp
-)
-
- 
-add_library(tinythread ${tinythread_source_files})
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