diff --git a/.gitlab-ci-unix.yml b/.gitlab-ci-unix.yml
index de9875aefb8da34475f3f9f77506cf9fa540069f..4855e12905ecefacef4e98c5102c1719b63ff61e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci-unix.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci-unix.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ spec:
   script:
     - cd src/uifc
     - touch depend
-    - touch ciolib-mt
     - gmake $[[ inputs.build_flags ]] $BUILD_ARGS
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 30 mins
@@ -160,8 +159,6 @@ spec:
     paths:
       - "src/uifc/*.*.*.lib.release*"
       - "src/uifc/*.*.*.obj.release*/*.o*"
-  needs:
-    - job: "$[[ inputs.os ]]-$[[ inputs.platform ]] [ciolib]"
 
 "$[[ inputs.os ]]-$[[ inputs.platform ]] [gitinfo]":
   extends:
diff --git a/src/uifc/GNUmakefile b/src/uifc/GNUmakefile
index e2ac70e83c046032e8731b3e0a1640ae05ce0ba7..668093b332b9daf6efd4a955d5e62534e380cad7 100644
--- a/src/uifc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/uifc/GNUmakefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include $(SRC_ROOT)/build/Common.gmake	# defines clean and output directory rule
 CFLAGS += -I$(XPDEV_SRC) $(CIOLIB-MT_CFLAGS) $(XPDEV-MT_CFLAGS)
 
 # MT-UIFC Library Link Rule
-$(UIFCLIB-MT_BUILD): $(CIOLIB-MT) $(MT_OBJS) | $(MTOBJODIR) $(LIBODIR)
+$(UIFCLIB-MT_BUILD): $(MT_OBJS) | $(MTOBJODIR) $(LIBODIR)
 	@echo Creating $@ ...
 	$(QUIET)$(AR) rc $@ $(MT_OBJS)
 	$(QUIET)$(RANLIB) $@