diff --git a/tools/mtmd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/mtmd/CMakeLists.txt
index be5414526..4baa15b96 100644
--- a/tools/mtmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/mtmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,53 +1,50 @@
 # mtmd
 
-add_library(mtmd OBJECT
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+add_library(mtmd
             mtmd.cpp
             mtmd-audio.cpp
             mtmd.h
             clip.cpp
             clip.h
             clip-impl.h
-            )
-
-target_link_libraries(mtmd PRIVATE ggml llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_include_directories(mtmd PUBLIC .)
-target_include_directories(mtmd PRIVATE ../..)
-target_compile_features(mtmd PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
-
-# compile the helper separately, to avoid long compile times with miniaudio.h and stb_image.h
-
-add_library(mtmd_helper OBJECT
             mtmd-helper.cpp
             mtmd-helper.h
             )
 
-target_link_libraries(mtmd_helper PRIVATE ggml llama mtmd ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_include_directories(mtmd_helper PUBLIC .)
-target_include_directories(mtmd_helper PRIVATE ../../vendor)
-target_compile_features(mtmd_helper PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+target_link_libraries     (mtmd PUBLIC ggml llama)
+target_link_libraries     (mtmd PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+target_include_directories(mtmd PUBLIC  .)
+target_include_directories(mtmd PRIVATE ../..)
+target_include_directories(mtmd PRIVATE ../../vendor)
+target_compile_features   (mtmd PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set_target_properties(mtmd PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    target_compile_definitions(mtmd PRIVATE LLAMA_SHARED LLAMA_BUILD)
-    add_library(mtmd_shared SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mtmd>)
-    target_link_libraries(mtmd_shared PRIVATE ggml llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-    install(TARGETS mtmd_shared LIBRARY)
-
-    set_target_properties(mtmd_helper PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    target_compile_definitions(mtmd_helper PRIVATE LLAMA_SHARED LLAMA_BUILD)
-    add_library(mtmd_helper_shared SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mtmd>)
-    target_link_libraries(mtmd_helper_shared PRIVATE ggml llama mtmd ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-    install(TARGETS mtmd_helper_shared LIBRARY)
+    set_target_properties     (mtmd PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    target_compile_definitions(mtmd PRIVATE LLAMA_BUILD)
+    target_compile_definitions(mtmd PUBLIC  LLAMA_SHARED)
 endif()
 
+set(MTMD_PUBLIC_HEADERS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mtmd.h
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mtmd-helper.h
+    )
+
+set_target_properties(mtmd
+    PROPERTIES
+    PUBLIC_HEADER "${MTMD_PUBLIC_HEADERS}")
+
+install(TARGETS mtmd LIBRARY PUBLIC_HEADER)
+
 if (NOT MSVC)
     # for stb_image.h and miniaudio.h
-    target_compile_options(mtmd_helper PRIVATE -Wno-cast-qual)
+    target_compile_options(mtmd PRIVATE -Wno-cast-qual)
 endif()
 
-if(TARGET BUILD_INFO)
-    add_dependencies(mtmd BUILD_INFO)
-    add_dependencies(mtmd_helper BUILD_INFO)
+if (TARGET BUILD_INFO)
+    add_dependencies(mtmd        BUILD_INFO)
+    add_dependencies(mtmd-helper BUILD_INFO)
 endif()
 
 add_executable(llama-llava-cli    deprecation-warning.cpp)
@@ -56,8 +53,8 @@ add_executable(llama-minicpmv-cli deprecation-warning.cpp)
 add_executable(llama-qwen2vl-cli  deprecation-warning.cpp)
 
 set(TARGET llama-mtmd-cli)
-add_executable(${TARGET} mtmd-cli.cpp)
-set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME llama-mtmd-cli)
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common mtmd mtmd_helper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+add_executable         (${TARGET} mtmd-cli.cpp)
+set_target_properties  (${TARGET} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME llama-mtmd-cli)
+install                (TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+target_link_libraries  (${TARGET} PRIVATE common mtmd Threads::Threads)
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
diff --git a/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h b/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
index 541918e09..f4ea07d3a 100644
--- a/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
+++ b/tools/mtmd/mtmd.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "ggml.h"
 #include "llama.h"
-#include "clip.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ad09380a..c2a56aaa7 100644
--- a/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ../llava)
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common mtmd mtmd_helper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common mtmd ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 if (LLAMA_SERVER_SSL)
     find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)