diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cdbb29f..f95a35c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
     -Werror
     -fno-rtti
     -fno-builtin-strlen
-
+    -flto=thin
     # Dedicate a section to each function, so the linker
     # can do a better job on dead code elimination
     -ffunction-sections
diff --git a/src/libserene/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libserene/CMakeLists.txt
index cfcf200..85efa84 100644
--- a/src/libserene/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libserene/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ set(static_deps
 
 set_target_properties(libserene PROPERTIES StaticDeps "${static_deps}")
 
-
-
 # Create an ALIAS target. This way if we mess up the name
 # there will be an cmake error inseat of a linker error which is harder
 # to understand. So any binary that wants to use libserene has to
diff --git a/src/serenec/CMakeLists.txt b/src/serenec/CMakeLists.txt
index f02f762..bb8f16c 100644
--- a/src/serenec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/serenec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 get_property(serene_lib_deps TARGET Serene::lib PROPERTY StaticDeps)
-set(serenec_deps
+
+target_link_libraries(serenec
+  PRIVATE
   ${serene_lib_deps}
   LLVMX86AsmParser
   LLVMTarget
@@ -43,13 +45,6 @@ set(serenec_deps
   clangLex
   )
 
-message(STATUS "ooooooo ${serene_lib_deps}")
-message(STATUS "ooooooo ${serenec_deps}")
-
-target_link_libraries(serenec PUBLIC
-  ${serenec_deps}
-  )
-
 target_include_directories(serenec PRIVATE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 target_include_directories(serenec PRIVATE ${INCLUDE_DIR})