diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index ec7ce42a1b..5c656f284d 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1216,8 +1216,11 @@ target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE
     nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
     RenderDoc::API
     MbedTLS::mbedcrypto${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX}
-    MbedTLS::mbedtls${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX}
-    httplib::httplib)
+    MbedTLS::mbedtls${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX})
+
+if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_OPENSSL)
+    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE httplib::httplib)
+endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     target_compile_definitions(core PUBLIC ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
index 440a5d1f51..27ab301fca 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex/v5/regex_replace.hpp>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <httplib.h>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT