diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85b19a72..abb9c7ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ include(jq)
 # nlohmann-json
 include(njson)
 
-# b64
-include(b64)
-
 # yaml-cpp
 include(yaml-cpp)
 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index 43d9be9b..171c4c1a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ list(APPEND FALCO_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${FALCO_EXTRA_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 set(
   FALCO_DEPENDENCIES
-  b64
   cxxopts
 )