diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dbbedb345..82de25bc1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@ if (USE_GNUTLS)
    endif (GNUTLS_FOUND)
 endif (USE_GNUTLS)
 
-#message ("-- Looking for pthread")
-#find_path (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR pthread.h)
-#find_library (PTHREAD_LIBRARY NAMES pthread)
-#if (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR AND PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-#  message ("-- Found pthread: ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY}")
-#  set (HAVE_LIBPTHREAD true)
-#  set (TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR})
-#  set (TASK_LIBRARIES    ${TASK_LIBRARIES}    ${PTHREAD_LIBRARIES})
-#endif (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR AND PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-
 check_function_exists (timegm  HAVE_TIMEGM)
 check_function_exists (get_current_dir_name HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME)
 check_function_exists (wordexp HAVE_WORDEXP)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae9434326..123b86975 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2.4.2 () -
 
 - Eliminated some code that is not UTF8-safe.
+- Removed pthreads linkage.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------