diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 22f0f7c0d57bc3ef6c64601bb2f4ea9c60f79698..32049eba6ff5dddebb9ee1507aac727cd84aa10a 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.11.0")
   include(ExternalProject)
 
   set(GTEST_FORCE_SHARED_CRT ON)
-  set(GTEST_DISABLE_PTHREADS OFF)
+  set(GTEST_DISABLE_PTHREADS ON)
 
   # For some reason I need to disable PTHREADS
   # with g++ (Ubuntu 4.9.3-8ubuntu2~14.04) 4.9.3