diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 886661ee9..07ac25458 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ find_package(Doxygen)
 find_package(ZeroMQ 4 REQUIRED)
 
 
-message("zeromq found: ${ZeroMQ_VERSION_MAJOR} ${ZeroMQ_VERSION_MINOR}")
-
 if (USE_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
 endif(USE_TESTS)
diff --git a/manual/manual-api/CMakeLists.txt b/manual/manual-api/CMakeLists.txt
index 23945d636..57cea1a04 100644
--- a/manual/manual-api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/manual/manual-api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ add_executable(slsMultiReceiver
 target_link_libraries(slsMultiReceiver
     slsReceiverShared
     pthread
-    zmq
+    ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
     rt
 )
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/CMakeLists.txt b/slsDetectorGui/CMakeLists.txt
index ef6e59880..69f59639a 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ target_link_libraries(slsDetectorGui
     ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARIES}
     ${QWT_LIBRARIES}
     pthread
-    zmq
+    ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
     rt
     png
     z
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/CMakeLists.txt b/slsDetectorSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
index fd8a819ae..f371e9914 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ target_include_directories(slsDetectorShared PUBLIC
 
 target_link_libraries(slsDetectorShared
     slsSupportLib
-	zmq
+	${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 set(PUBLICHEADERS
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorClient/CMakeLists.txt b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorClient/CMakeLists.txt
index 1355808d9..6eae3bee2 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorClient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorClient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ add_executable(sls_detector_get
 target_link_libraries(sls_detector_get
    slsDetectorShared
    pthread
-   zmq
+   ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
    rt
 )
 set_target_properties(sls_detector_get PROPERTIES 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ add_executable(sls_detector_put
 target_link_libraries(sls_detector_put
    slsDetectorShared
    pthread
-   zmq
+   ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
    rt
 )
 set_target_properties(sls_detector_put PROPERTIES 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ add_executable(sls_detector_acquire
 target_link_libraries(sls_detector_acquire
    slsDetectorShared
    pthread
-   zmq
+   ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
    rt
 )
 set_target_properties(sls_detector_acquire PROPERTIES 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ add_executable(sls_detector_help
 target_link_libraries(sls_detector_help
    slsDetectorShared
    pthread
-   zmq
+   ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
    rt
 )
 set_target_properties(sls_detector_help PROPERTIES 
diff --git a/slsReceiverSoftware/CMakeLists.txt b/slsReceiverSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
index cf80574a0..7d9345691 100644
--- a/slsReceiverSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/slsReceiverSoftware/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ target_link_libraries(slsReceiver
     slsSupportLib
     slsReceiverShared
     pthread
-    zmq
+    ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES}
     rt
 )