diff --git a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
index 640a35bea..6c8d93250 100755
--- a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -410,10 +410,6 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libmariadb LINK_PRIVATE ${SYSTEM_LIBS})

 SIGN_TARGET(libmariadb)

-IF(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND MSVC)
-  SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(mariadbclient PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "/machine:x64")
-ENDIF()
-
 IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" OR
    CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "kFreeBSD" OR
    CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "GNU")