diff --git a/contrib/avro-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/avro-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index c99c7dd4624..96f740b6dd2 100644
--- a/contrib/avro-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/avro-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,15 +59,3 @@ target_link_libraries (_avrocpp PRIVATE boost::headers_only boost::iostreams)
 target_compile_definitions (_avrocpp PUBLIC SNAPPY_CODEC_AVAILABLE)
 target_include_directories (_avrocpp PRIVATE ${SNAPPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries (_avrocpp PRIVATE ch_contrib::snappy)
-
-# create a symlink to include headers with <avro/...>
-set(AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include")
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT "${AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${AVROCPP_ROOT_DIR}/api" "${AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR}/avro"
-        DEPENDS "${AVROCPP_ROOT_DIR}/api"
-)
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(avro_symlink_headers ALL
-        DEPENDS "${AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-add_dependencies(_avrocpp avro_symlink_headers)
-target_include_directories(_avrocpp SYSTEM BEFORE PUBLIC "${AVRO_INCLUDE_DIR}")