diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index acfa0c12..bf3eb686 100644
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -378,16 +378,6 @@ function(spirv_tools_default_target_options target)
   add_dependencies(${target} spirv-tools-build-version core_tables enum_string_mapping extinst_tables)
 endfunction()
 
-# Always build ${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared. This is expected distro packages, and
-# unlike the other SPIRV_TOOLS target, defaults to hidden symbol visibility.
-add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared SHARED ${SPIRV_SOURCES})
-spirv_tools_default_target_options(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared)
-set_target_properties(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared PROPERTIES CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-target_compile_definitions(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared
-  PRIVATE SPIRV_TOOLS_IMPLEMENTATION
-  PUBLIC SPIRV_TOOLS_SHAREDLIB
-)
-
 if(SPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_STATIC)
   add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-static STATIC ${SPIRV_SOURCES})
   spirv_tools_default_target_options(${SPIRV_TOOLS}-static)
@@ -402,7 +392,7 @@ if(SPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_STATIC)
     add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS} ALIAS ${SPIRV_TOOLS}-static)
   endif()
 
-  set(SPIRV_TOOLS_TARGETS ${SPIRV_TOOLS}-static ${SPIRV_TOOLS}-shared)
+  set(SPIRV_TOOLS_TARGETS ${SPIRV_TOOLS}-static)
 else()
   add_library(${SPIRV_TOOLS} ${SPIRV_TOOLS_LIBRARY_TYPE} ${SPIRV_SOURCES})
   spirv_tools_default_target_options(${SPIRV_TOOLS})