diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 948f623f2b..2d916eba89 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1403,9 +1403,6 @@ if(E2_AGENT)
 endif()
 
 
-add_library(MAC_NR ${MAC_NR_SRC})
-target_link_libraries(MAC_NR PRIVATE asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs)
-
 add_library(MAC_UE_NR ${MAC_NR_SRC_UE})
 target_link_libraries(MAC_UE_NR PRIVATE asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs)
 
@@ -2233,7 +2230,7 @@ add_executable(nr_dlsim
   ${PHY_INTERFACE_DIR}/queue_t.c
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_dlsim PRIVATE
-  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU SIMU_ETH PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -lz -Wl,--end-group
+  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU SIMU_ETH PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -lz -Wl,--end-group
   m pthread ${T_LIB} ITTI dl shlib_loader
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_dlsim PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
@@ -2277,7 +2274,7 @@ if (ENABLE_LDPC_T1)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(nr_ulsim PRIVATE
-  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU SIMU_ETH PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -lz -Wl,--end-group
+  -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU SIMU_ETH PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON nr_rrc CONFIG_LIB L2_NR HASHTABLE x2ap SECURITY ngap -lz -Wl,--end-group
   m pthread ${T_LIB} ITTI dl shlib_loader
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_ulsim PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
@@ -2339,7 +2336,7 @@ if (${T_TRACER})
         NFAPI_COMMON_LIB NFAPI_LIB NFAPI_PNF_LIB NFAPI_VNF_LIB NFAPI_USER_LIB
         MISC_NFAPI_LTE_LIB MISC_NFAPI_NR_LIB
         PHY_COMMON PHY PHY_UE PHY_NR PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR_UE PHY_RU PHY_MEX
-        L2 L2_LTE L2_NR L2_LTE_NR L2_UE NR_L2_UE L2_UE_LTE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR ngap
+        L2 L2_LTE L2_NR L2_LTE_NR L2_UE NR_L2_UE L2_UE_LTE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON MAC_UE_NR ngap
         CN_UTILS GTPV1U SCTP_CLIENT MME_APP LIB_NAS_UE NB_IoT SIMU SIMU_ETH OPENAIR0_LIB
         ldpc_orig ldpc_optim ldpc_optim8seg ldpc dfts)
     if (TARGET ${i})