diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2128b6e..a5d7114 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FORMAT_OBJS=formats/json.o formats/raw.o formats/common.o formats/custom-type.o
 HTTP_PARSER_OBJS=http-parser/http_parser.o
 
 CFLAGS=-O3 -Wall -Wextra -I. -Ijansson/src -Ihttp-parser
-LDFLAGS=-levent -pthread -lrt
+LDFLAGS=-levent -pthread
 
 # check for MessagePack
 MSGPACK_LIB=$(shell ls /usr/lib/libmsgpack.so 2>/dev/null)