diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b104c1d9..a6292695 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -518,8 +518,10 @@ if ( OpenMP_FOUND OR OpenMP_C_FOUND )
     if ( ( NOT OpenMP_C_SPEC_DATE LESS "201307" ) OR NOT ( OpenMP_C_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.0" ) )
         set ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}" )
         set ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}" )
-        set ( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}" )
-        set ( LIBFLUID_LIBS "${OpenMP_C_LIBRARIES};${LIBFLUID_LIBS}" )
+        
+        # currently no need to link against openMP runtime lib(s). If need be, uncomment below.
+        #  set ( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}" )
+        #  set ( LIBFLUID_LIBS "${OpenMP_C_LIBRARIES};${LIBFLUID_LIBS}" )
         set ( HAVE_OPENMP 1 )
     endif()
 endif()