diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index febcc41ab6585c461524b9856d089591ece43be1..10de32e5976cdd96d45384ac9e518975eaf48497 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ if(OGS_USE_CONAN AND WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-    target_link_libraries(DataExplorer
-        ${QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-        ${QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-        ${QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-    )
-endif()
-
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
diff --git a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
index ec1c2013b1818a51295150d6498a877e7d369172..e51c8c306392b7133a186685efc4e1b3d7da2ed5 100644
--- a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ endif()
 
 if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(BaseLib PUBLIC Qt5::Xml Qt5::XmlPatterns)
-    if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(BaseLib PUBLIC Qt5::Network ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ws2_32)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
index be49c05a839cbba9346f53d74ccdffd0ea3d431a..1f22c6b6fac1517d9eb83178b22e64f2061b1e89 100644
--- a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib logog PRIVATE tet)
 
 if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC Qt5::Xml Qt5::XmlPatterns)
-    if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC Qt5::Network ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ws2_32)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e9721b0a9913409b7801e731c81fa0856f4c7a8..5e046f8e7319d47aa16a0ff17920cb939b10d076 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ endif()
 
 if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(testrunner Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Xml Qt5::Network VtkVis QtDataView)
-    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-        target_link_libraries(testrunner
-            ${QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-            ${QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-            ${QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES})
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
index 556e6a2174d378e1b88119259ccf82fb33c88b3c..375b20490dd6be2da13e6334ff1340ae24af5db2 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ find_package(Eigen3 3.3.4 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ## pthread, is a requirement of logog ##
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-    set(THREADS_PTHREAD_ARG 0 CACHE STRING "Result from TRY_RUN" FORCE)
-endif()
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD ON)
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
@@ -94,15 +91,6 @@ if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     endif()
     find_package(Qt5 5.2 REQUIRED ${QT_MODULES})
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
-    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-        find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_XML_DEPS REQUIRED Xml)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES Xml Core)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_GUI_DEPS REQUIRED Gui)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES Gui Core)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_NETWORK_DEPS REQUIRED Network)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES Network Core)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_NETCDF)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake b/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
index 48ea5fdbeb8b85c4270285c3dff3a3837e91cdad..d6efd12dd2b8ef281e14f2e6a4343a322493aab2 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_UCRT_LIBRARIES ON)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_OPENMP_LIBRARIES ON)
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
-#if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-#    set(CPACK_GENERATOR NSIS ZIP)
-#endif()
 set(CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/packaging/ogs-de-icon.ico)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Documentation/OpenGeoSys-Logo.bmp)
 set(CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLED_ICON_NAME ${CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON})