diff --git a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
index dca2955d5f11a0a1418b787278f9e5a6f39e4645..24a391ad1c140ba17d45ee1cf8c657523c008dd6 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
@@ -703,12 +703,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 #---Check for cling and llvm --------------------------------------------------------
-find_library(CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS NAMES tinfo ncurses)
-mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS)
-if(NOT CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS)
-  set(CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS "")   #  Often if not found is still OK
-endif()
-
 if(cling)
   if(builtin_llvm)
     set(LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/interpreter/llvm/src/include
diff --git a/core/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/core/meta/CMakeLists.txt
index 8adc2e99947228986763f99211f452e55e5eee60..c640235e9c4d7807ef53c3b90f5b99aed8e4dfa2 100644
--- a/core/meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ROOT_LINKER_LIBRARY(Cling
                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx
                     $<TARGET_OBJECTS:MetaLLVM>
                     $<TARGET_OBJECTS:MetaUtilsLLVM>
-                    LIBRARIES ${CLING_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS}
+                    LIBRARIES ${CLING_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
                     DEPENDENCIES Core RIO)
 
 ROOT_INSTALL_HEADERS()
diff --git a/core/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/core/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c120f8eea7d9ac462749c9e38b07d1d52a130ca..6c879b148e6b46a8c48e0c1dd502b9697ad8bbf3 100644
--- a/core/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ROOT_EXECUTABLE(rootcling src/LinkdefReader.cxx src/DictSelectionReader.cxx
                           ${winnt_objects}
                           LIBRARIES ${PCRE_LIBRARIES} ${LZMA_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
                                     ${CLING_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-                                    ${CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS} ${corelinklibs})
+                                    ${corelinklibs})
 
 add_dependencies(rootcling CLING LLVMRES)
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ROOT_EXECUTABLE(rootcling_tmp src/LinkdefReader.cxx src/DictSelectionReader.cxx
                               $<TARGET_OBJECTS:Clib>
                               $<TARGET_OBJECTS:MetaUtils>
                               $<TARGET_OBJECTS:MetaUtilsLLVM>
-                              LIBRARIES ${CLING_LIBRARIES}  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_TINFO_LIBS}
+                              LIBRARIES ${CLING_LIBRARIES}  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
                               NOINSTALL)
 add_dependencies(rootcling_tmp CLING LLVMRES)
 set_source_files_properties(src/LinkdefReader.cxx PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -fno-rtti)