diff --git a/EventFiltering/CMakeLists.txt b/EventFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
index 8805e893fea..8c65d4f8f1a 100644
--- a/EventFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/EventFiltering/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ o2physics_add_header_only_library(HFFilterHelpers
 
 o2physics_add_dpl_workflow(hf-filter
     SOURCES PWGHF/HFFilter.cxx
-    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore ONNXRuntime::ONNXRuntime O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers O2::DetectorsBase
+    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers O2::DetectorsBase
     COMPONENT_NAME Analysis)
 
 o2physics_add_dpl_workflow(hf-filter-charm-hadron-signals
     SOURCES PWGHF/HFFilterCharmHadronSignals.cxx
-    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore ONNXRuntime::ONNXRuntime O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers
+    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers
     COMPONENT_NAME Analysis)
 
 o2physics_add_dpl_workflow(hf-filter-prepare-ml-samples
     SOURCES PWGHF/HFFilterPrepareMLSamples.cxx
-    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore ONNXRuntime::ONNXRuntime O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers O2::DetectorsBase
+    PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore O2Physics::HFFilterHelpers O2::DetectorsBase
     COMPONENT_NAME Analysis)
 
 o2physics_add_dpl_workflow(cf-filter
diff --git a/EventFiltering/PWGHF/HFFilterPrepareMLSamples.cxx b/EventFiltering/PWGHF/HFFilterPrepareMLSamples.cxx
index b7a9637ba10..8e4dc89d43f 100644
--- a/EventFiltering/PWGHF/HFFilterPrepareMLSamples.cxx
+++ b/EventFiltering/PWGHF/HFFilterPrepareMLSamples.cxx
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include "Common/DataModel/PIDResponseTPC.h"
 #include "Common/DataModel/TrackSelectionTables.h"
 
-#include <onnxruntime_cxx_api.h>
-
 #include <CCDB/BasicCCDBManager.h>
 #include <CCDB/CcdbApi.h>
 #include <CommonConstants/PhysicsConstants.h>