diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f0c47aa90..c667c50007 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ elseif(UNIX)
   set(_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} rt m pthread)
 endif()
 
+list(REMOVE_ITEM _gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES m)
+
 if(WIN32)
   set(_gRPC_BASELIB_LIBRARIES wsock32 ws2_32 crypt32)
 endif()