diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 35d8897b36cffec1740f3c43255e6ecdd89766a7..ed8c750b87cb9ff4a7a49da67c6a3c2b44a9d911 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ INCLUDE(../cmake/python.cmake)
 FINDPYTHON()
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-LINK_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-# provide path to library libdynamic-graph.so
-LINK_DIRECTORIES(${DYNAMIC_GRAPH_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(${DYNAMIC_GRAPH_CFLAGS})
+LINK_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 INCLUDE(../cmake/python.cmake)
 #
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(${LIBRARY_NAME}
   interpreter.cc)
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${LIBRARY_NAME}
-  ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
   ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${LIBRARY_NAME} PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 PKG_CONFIG_USE_DEPENDENCY(${LIBRARY_NAME} dynamic-graph)
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ INSTALL(TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}
 SET(EXECUTABLE_NAME dg-python)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} dg-python.cc)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${EXECUTABLE_NAME}
-  ${LIBRARY_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+  ${LIBRARY_NAME}
   )
 INSTALL(TARGETS dg-python DESTINATION bin)
 
@@ -76,7 +72,8 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(${PYTHON_MODULE}
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${PYTHON_MODULE}
 	PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PYTHON_MODULE} ${DYNAMIC_GRAPH_LIBRARIES})
+PKG_CONFIG_USE_DEPENDENCY(${PYTHON_MODULE} dynamic-graph)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PYTHON_MODULE})
 
 CONFIG_FILES(link-to-python.hh)
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}