diff --git a/eos/messages/CMakeLists.txt b/eos/messages/CMakeLists.txt
index cd53336640a360c440ef4b54f1bb89abd8e54ee2..dbf65671bf70c5d53a32ffa1b69d5e02e9544112 100644
--- a/eos/messages/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/eos/messages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@ add_library (ctaeosmessages ${CTA_FRONT_END_MESSAGES_SRC_FILES})
 
 target_link_libraries (ctaeosmessages
   protobuf)
-
-install (TARGETS ctaeosmessages DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})