diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4694a2e..356ec7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ include(CTest)
 include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
 conan_basic_setup()
 
-if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    message(STATUS "platform is linux")
-    set(BACKWARD_LIBS "-lbfd -ldl")
-else()
-    message(STATUS "platform is NOT linux")
-    set(BACKWARD_LIBS "")
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(admin)
 add_subdirectory(bench)
 add_subdirectory(server)
@@ -40,7 +32,6 @@ target_link_libraries(spectator_test
     sample_cfg
     spectator
     util
-    ${BACKWARD_LIBS}
     ${CONAN_LIBS}
 )
 add_test(
@@ -62,7 +53,6 @@ target_include_directories(spectatord_test PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(spectatord_test
     admin_server
     spectatord
-    ${BACKWARD_LIBS}
     ${CONAN_LIBS}
 )
 add_test(
@@ -84,7 +74,6 @@ if(NFLX_INTERNAL)
         netflix_cfg
         spectatord
         admin_server
-        ${BACKWARD_LIBS}
         ${CONAN_LIBS}
     )
 else()
@@ -93,7 +82,6 @@ else()
         sample_cfg
         spectatord
         admin_server
-        ${BACKWARD_LIBS}
         ${CONAN_LIBS}
     )
 endif()
diff --git a/bin/spectatord_main.cc b/bin/spectatord_main.cc
index 56d88da..42719ff 100644
--- a/bin/spectatord_main.cc
+++ b/bin/spectatord_main.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#ifdef __linux__
-#define BACKWARD_HAS_BFD 1
-#endif
 #include "backward.hpp"
 #include "util/logger.h"
 #include "spectatord.h"
@@ -160,4 +157,4 @@ auto main(int argc, char** argv) -> int {
   server.Start();
 
   return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bin/test_main.cc b/bin/test_main.cc
index f5f6d96..9865185 100644
--- a/bin/test_main.cc
+++ b/bin/test_main.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#ifdef __linux__
-#define BACKWARD_HAS_BFD 1
-#endif
 #include "backward.hpp"
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -13,4 +10,4 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   SignalHandling sh{signals};
   testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}