diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b1b31de32b..98181bde224 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ target_link_libraries(
         GeoLib
         NumLib
         $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>,$<TARGET_EXISTS:VTK::ParallelMPI>>:VTK::ParallelMPI>
+        $<$<AND:$<NOT:$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_WHEEL}>>,$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_CLI}>>:ogs_embedded_python>
     PRIVATE CMakeInfoLib
             MathLib
             MeshLib
             MeshGeoToolsLib
             MeshToolsLib
-            pybind11::pybind11
             $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>:PkgConfig::PETSC>
+            pybind11::module
 )
 
 if(OGS_BUILD_CLI OR OGS_BUILD_UTILS OR OGS_BUILD_TESTING)
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 # see https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#someclass-declared-with-greater-visibility-than-the-type-of-its-field-someclass-member-wattributes
 # ~~~
 if(NOT OGS_BUILD_WHEEL AND OGS_BUILD_CLI)
-    target_link_libraries(ApplicationsLib PRIVATE ogs_embedded_python)
     set_target_properties(
         ApplicationsLib PROPERTIES CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden
     )
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/CMakeLists.txt
index 67a4ebe663c..1d70a87a482 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ if(OGS_USE_MPI)
     target_link_libraries(
         binaryToPVTU
         GitInfoLib
-        ProcessLib
         MeshLib
         MeshToolsLib
         tclap
diff --git a/ProcessLib/BoundaryConditionAndSourceTerm/Python/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/BoundaryConditionAndSourceTerm/Python/CMakeLists.txt
index cbbdf0142a1..2e7d9451dd6 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/BoundaryConditionAndSourceTerm/Python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/BoundaryConditionAndSourceTerm/Python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,25 +33,15 @@ target_compile_definitions(
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_ENABLE_ELEMENT_PYRAMID}>:OGS_ENABLE_ELEMENT_PYRAMID>
 )
 
-# TODO there is an ugly cyclic dependency between ProcessLib and the Python BCs
-# and STs. We need to include ProcessLib's build dir such that ProcessLib's
-# export header, which is autogenerated by cmake in the build dir, can be found.
-target_include_directories(
-    ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython
-    PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ProcessLib,BINARY_DIR>
-)
-
 target_link_libraries(
     ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython
-    PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib MeshLib NumLib
-           $<IF:$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_WHEEL}>,pybind11::module,pybind11::embed>
+    PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib MeshLib NumLib pybind11::module
 )
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND (MSVC OR APPLE))
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND MSVC)
     target_link_options(
         ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython PRIVATE
-        $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Darwin>:-undefined dynamic_lookup>
-        $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/FORCE:UNRESOLVED>
+        /FORCE:UNRESOLVED
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 976ea7649ab..e6a88815419 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
         NumLib
         Boost::boost
         range-v3
-        $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython>:ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython>
         $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:petsc>:petsc>
+        ProcessLibBoundaryConditionAndSourceTermPython
     PRIVATE ParameterLib GitInfoLib $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:InSituLib>:InSituLib>
 )
 
diff --git a/ProcessLib/HeatTransportBHE/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/HeatTransportBHE/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a8f77a9128..df8a09bb3a7 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/HeatTransportBHE/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/HeatTransportBHE/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ogs_add_library(HeatTransportBHE ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(
     HeatTransportBHE PUBLIC ProcessLib
     PRIVATE ParameterLib
-            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:pybind11::pybind11>:pybind11::pybind11>
+            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:pybind11::pybind11>:pybind11::module>
 )
 
 target_precompile_headers(HeatTransportBHE PRIVATE [["BaseLib/Error.h"]]