diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7eae4c8e..4b2e004b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ if(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
   add_definitions("-DPER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT")
 endif()
 
-add_definitions(-DFMT_EXTENDED_COLORS)
-
 list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index cce44ee5..057ac9a0 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ target_link_libraries(common
     ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_CHRONO_LIBRARY}
+    fmt::fmt-header-only
   PRIVATE
     ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
-    ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES}
-    fmt::fmt-header-only)
+    ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 
 #monero_install_headers(common
 #  ${common_headers})