diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a27c14d50b8e2ba0d0797d9a633e6af9d2629f2c..931c9d69a919bd0f2695ae2a6a5fe45bb4b89aa3 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ set(_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY_TEST_CHECKS
 find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
 include(GoogleTest)
 
+message(DEBUG "CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH: ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 
 # loop over all test cases and add them to the test runner
 list(LENGTH test_cases len_test_cases)
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ foreach (i RANGE "${len_test_cases}")
     set(libcaosdb_TEST_SRC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${test_case_name}.cpp
         ${libcaosdb_TEST_SRC}")
     target_link_libraries(${test_case_name}
-        PRIVATE ${LIBCAOSDB} ccaosdb gtest::gtest boost::boost)
+        PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main ${LIBCAOSDB} ccaosdb  gtest::gtest)
     target_include_directories(${test_case_name}
       PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     if(_LINTING)