diff --git a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
index a7390821d..790583cd5 100644
--- a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
   target_link_libraries(libobs PRIVATE Avrt Dwmapi winmm)
 
   if(MSVC)
-    target_link_libraries(libobs PRIVATE OBS::w32-pthreads)
+    target_link_libraries(libobs PUBLIC OBS::w32-pthreads)
 
     target_compile_options(libobs PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:/EHc->"
                                           "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/EHc->")
diff --git a/libobs/util/threading.h b/libobs/util/threading.h
index 9807aaf02..f3c987237 100644
--- a/libobs/util/threading.h
+++ b/libobs/util/threading.h
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "c99defs.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include "../../deps/w32-pthreads/pthread.h"
-#else
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #endif
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {