diff --git a/src/providers/ows/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/ows/CMakeLists.txt
index d28ad9ec7c0..b837898090d 100644
--- a/src/providers/ows/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/ows/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui/auth
 
-  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/app
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/core
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/gui
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ui
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ ADD_LIBRARY (owsprovider MODULE ${OWS_SRCS} ${OWS_MOC_SRCS})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (owsprovider
   qgis_core
   qgis_gui
-  qgis_app
 )
 
 IF (WITH_GUI)