diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2a0c09b5..0e364a8c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ if(PkgConfig)
 endif()
 
 # LIBAIO
-find_library(LIBAIO_LIBRARY NAMES aio)
-if(LIBAIO_LIBRARY)
-    message(STATUS "found libaio at ${LIBAIO_LIBRARY}")
-else()
-    set(LIBAIO_LIBRARY aio)
-    message(STATUS "Assuming it was installed with our aio spack")
-endif()
+#find_library(LIBAIO_LIBRARY NAMES aio)
+#if(LIBAIO_LIBRARY)
+#    message(STATUS "found libaio at ${LIBAIO_LIBRARY}")
+#else()
+#    set(LIBAIO_LIBRARY aio)
+#    message(STATUS "Assuming it was installed with our aio spack")
+#endif()
 
 # Zeromq
 #pkg_check_modules(ZMQ REQUIRED libzmq)
diff --git a/tasks/posix_bdev/src/CMakeLists.txt b/tasks/posix_bdev/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d546d927..75695cf98 100644
--- a/tasks/posix_bdev/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tasks/posix_bdev/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 add_library(posix_bdev SHARED
         posix_bdev.cc)
 add_dependencies(posix_bdev ${Hermes_RUNTIME_DEPS})
-target_link_libraries(posix_bdev ${Hermes_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES} ${LIBAIO_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(posix_bdev ${Hermes_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES})
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install Small Message Task Library