diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 556d30d..075d5c4 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -368,18 +368,6 @@ if(NOT client-only
    AND NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS"
    AND CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8
 )
-  # droplet does not build on solaris because of sys/cdefs.h: No such file or
-  # directory it is also not safe on 32-bit systems, so we only build it on
-  # 64-bit
-  add_subdirectory(src/droplet)
-  if(TARGET droplet)
-    set_target_properties(
-      droplet
-      PROPERTIES VERSION "${BAREOS_NUMERIC_VERSION}"
-                 SOVERSION "${BAREOS_VERSION_MAJOR}"
-                 PREFIX "libbareos"
-    )
-  endif()
 endif()

 include(BareosGenerateDebianInfo)