diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ba2d863897854de0f68fe85313814a91fcdc697..731bd2c9fd443ee08a1c036decb9af45198282bd 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
             MeshGeoToolsLib
             ParameterLib
             ProcessLib
-            spdlog::spdlog
             $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PYTHON}>:pybind11::pybind11>
             $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>:petsc>
 )
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
index e874467d194a3b1128c4571ddbd3562bbd469642..f45733542d1cd784faa108472d394c193eff88de 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
             QtDiagramView
             QtStratView
             DataHolderLib
-            spdlog::spdlog
             Qt5::Core
             Qt5::Gui
 )
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/DiagramView/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/DiagramView/CMakeLists.txt
index c39c4c5c99aa168856fd7373a458819182171bf9..9f84f92708539e9044fbb1f45f960848b84e8220 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/DiagramView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/DiagramView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ogs_add_library(QtDiagramView ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${UIS})
 target_include_directories(QtDiagramView PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(
     QtDiagramView PRIVATE BaseLib GeoLib QtBase DataHolderLib Qt5::Gui
-                          spdlog::spdlog
 )
 
 add_autogen_include(QtDiagramView)
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a5b6774077eeba6d4d90a126f30c71c7d4bcba3..de8cb98f63fa979dda27357139393ec5655f2b7e 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ endif() # GEOTIFF_FOUND
 
 target_link_libraries(
     VtkVis PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MeshLib DataHolderLib QtBase VtkVisFilter
-    PRIVATE MathLib ApplicationsFileIO Qt5::Gui spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE MathLib ApplicationsFileIO Qt5::Gui
 )
 
 set_property(TARGET VtkVis PROPERTY FOLDER "DataExplorer")
diff --git a/Applications/DataHolderLib/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataHolderLib/CMakeLists.txt
index a902c9c8d350cca1dd51e562abda58cca9e3b27c..d549a7e01eb603297de23e2432df1e23c6c48797 100644
--- a/Applications/DataHolderLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataHolderLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ get_source_files(SOURCES_DataHolderLib)
 ogs_add_library(DataHolderLib ${SOURCES_DataHolderLib})
 
 target_link_libraries(
-    DataHolderLib PUBLIC GeoLib MeshLib PRIVATE BaseLib MathLib spdlog::spdlog
+    DataHolderLib PUBLIC GeoLib MeshLib PRIVATE BaseLib MathLib
 )
diff --git a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c1b53a79274a7b2563633dc5641672e0a60401a..93d91573bcaaf5efef35972f7d4d26b4a254ae20 100644
--- a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:QtBase>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:shp>:shp>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:SwmmInterface>:SwmmInterface>
-    PRIVATE MeshLib GitInfoLib std::filesystem spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE MeshLib GitInfoLib std::filesystem
 )
 
 configure_file(
diff --git a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cfb5a3464e0bff0851b6f54209d981b9efbd789..3af57489f781257d1b48f3fe51d1dcc632f68bc9 100644
--- a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ append_source_files(SOURCES Common)
 ogs_add_library(ChemistryLib ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
-    ChemistryLib PUBLIC iphreeqc PRIVATE NumLib spdlog::spdlog
+    ChemistryLib PUBLIC iphreeqc PRIVATE NumLib
 )
 
 # See https://github.com/ufz/ogs/pull/2982#issuecomment-641086788
diff --git a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
index a86f60bcc7d1d09425ea9d278f55c97d2d306ad6..04263e0a20e5e693b523fc6d892ed526858c9e86 100644
--- a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
     PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:rapidxml>
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:Qt5::Xml>
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:Qt5::XmlPatterns>
-    PRIVATE tet spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE tet
 )
 
 configure_file(
diff --git a/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6767d5f4dd544a0af4ab50a75b06c4e8a4124611..9cd0317ce3c6da9931f0c7f1032fa0a9d7f915f4 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ ogs_add_library(MaterialLib ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     MaterialLib PUBLIC MaterialLib_SolidModels MaterialLib_FractureModels
-    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib ParameterLib exprtk spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib ParameterLib exprtk
 )
diff --git a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
index 88bd0a38c84f4d1501ddd4b163069f7e64a4f590..4a1170b039152bebfe98a2786f096d26b5d74f99 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ get_source_files(SOURCES)
 
 ogs_add_library(MaterialLib_SolidModels ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
-    MaterialLib_SolidModels PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog ParameterLib
+    MaterialLib_SolidModels PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE ParameterLib
                                                    NumLib
 )
 
diff --git a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
index f17d63d48ff947b5ec010d472eda170319973f9e..bc2e0f864fdb00b69db710a9a4782daddca6ecd1 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MaterialLib/SolidModels/MFront/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mfront_behaviours_check_library(
 
 target_link_libraries(
     MaterialLib_SolidModels_MFront PUBLIC BaseLib NumLib OgsMFrontBehaviour
-    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE MathLib MeshLib
 )
 
 # Disable warnings for generated OgsMFrontBehaviour
diff --git a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f52278230d7a474e5289e4a2f5b3185c955375f..3189ea241c907960a3c89274c47bf4356dc1d77a 100644
--- a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_CVODE}>:CVODE::CVODE>
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>:petsc>
            Eigen3::Eigen
-    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog
 )
 
 if(OGS_USE_LIS)
diff --git a/MeshGeoToolsLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MeshGeoToolsLib/CMakeLists.txt
index f6455befa13a47995ae6923b6ba9cf293e4f766c..9664541189a61d6c05adf83d51211aba1dd6ec8f 100644
--- a/MeshGeoToolsLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MeshGeoToolsLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ ogs_add_library(MeshGeoToolsLib ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     MeshGeoToolsLib PUBLIC GeoLib MathLib PRIVATE BaseLib MeshLib
-                                                  spdlog::spdlog
 )
diff --git a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
index e88a2e9cfc44fc4b8f7e98d008207cb342bcb5a5..69d1cc9aa16a7c8b43aa5ff8f0f0ecb7ec66cf85 100644
--- a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:OgsXdmf>:OgsXdmf>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:MPI::MPI_CXX>:MPI::MPI_CXX>
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
-    PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog
 )
 
 target_include_directories(MeshLib PUBLIC ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt b/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fd30aa6110a1e49bd2f69a6b7d6f078049d88db..d001882687dd56043560e80cd07d4db2c27cfc79 100644
--- a/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/NumLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ set_target_properties(NumLib PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 
 target_link_libraries(
     NumLib PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MathLib MeshLib $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
-    PRIVATE MeshGeoToolsLib spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE MeshGeoToolsLib
 )
diff --git a/ParameterLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ParameterLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 82aedf62e39a0c1cf76298fc578ae097c738ae6b..7cbba126113306f0a0f4b9fceeb312a24620f42a 100644
--- a/ParameterLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ParameterLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ get_source_files(SOURCES)
 ogs_add_library(ParameterLib ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(
-    ParameterLib PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE BaseLib exprtk MeshLib spdlog::spdlog
+    ParameterLib PUBLIC MathLib PRIVATE BaseLib exprtk MeshLib
 )
diff --git a/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/Python/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/Python/CMakeLists.txt
index 78e34ba1c5662f0bd5da6a8067a79e9416ccfe63..1e4dc304374bc600e467218c29f1a237b31dd005 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/Python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/Python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 target_link_libraries(
     ProcessLibBoundaryConditionPython PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib MeshLib NumLib
                                              ${Python3_LIBRARIES}
-    PRIVATE pybind11::pybind11 spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE pybind11::pybind11
 )
 
 # For the embedded Python module
diff --git a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
index d2d2924e3a142f72688627ed57a2befbad0e194d..a84b271af04213852f56b59ffa61cd3374422b3f 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
         $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:ProcessLibSourceTermPython>:ProcessLibSourceTermPython>
         $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
         nlohmann_json
-    PRIVATE ParameterLib GitInfoLib spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE ParameterLib GitInfoLib
             $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:InSituLib>:InSituLib>
 )
 
diff --git a/ProcessLib/SourceTerms/Python/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/SourceTerms/Python/CMakeLists.txt
index 578db2c25552480b5fbd613a5be446874ac0f1e5..7d320026cb1f0a5b209d8ac484a590354b0cb828 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/SourceTerms/Python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/SourceTerms/Python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 target_link_libraries(
     ProcessLibSourceTermPython PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib MeshLib NumLib
                                       ${Python3_LIBRARIES}
-    PRIVATE pybind11::pybind11 spdlog::spdlog
+    PRIVATE pybind11::pybind11
 )
 
 # For the embedded Python module