diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 692807a55f..34e36749c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,11 +194,8 @@ endif()
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Common dependencies
 #force -pthread during compilation for Emscripten
-if (EMSCRIPTEN)
+if (EMSCRIPTEN AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN_WITHOUT_PTHREAD)
    set(THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG TRUE)
-   if(EMSCRIPTEN_NO_PTHREAD)
-       set(THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG FALSE)
-   endif()
 endif()
 
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE)
diff --git a/cmake/compilers/Clang.cmake b/cmake/compilers/Clang.cmake
index 366428f575..d2980836f7 100644
--- a/cmake/compilers/Clang.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compilers/Clang.cmake
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ if (EMSCRIPTEN)
   set(TBB_EMSCRIPTEN 1)
   set(TBB_COMMON_COMPILE_FLAGS ${TBB_COMMON_COMPILE_FLAGS} -fexceptions)
   set(TBB_TEST_LINK_FLAGS  ${TBB_COMMON_LINK_FLAGS} -fexceptions -sINITIAL_MEMORY=65536000 -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1 -sEXIT_RUNTIME=1)
-  if (EMSCRIPTEN_NO_PTHREAD)
-      set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
-  else ()
+  if (NOT EMSCRIPTEN_WITHOUT_PTHREAD)
       set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "-pthread")
   endif()
 endif()