diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator.kt
index 5d36e8e327..2c041fe6d2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator.kt
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ class CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator(private val targetConfig: TargetConfig, privat
                 |cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
                 |project(${fileConfig.name} VERSION 0.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
                 |
-                |option(REACTOR_CPP_LINK_EXECINFO "Link against execinfo" OFF)
-                |
                 |${if (targetConfig.get(ExternalRuntimePathProperty.INSTANCE) != null) "find_package(reactor-cpp PATHS ${targetConfig.get(ExternalRuntimePathProperty.INSTANCE)})" else ""}
                 |
                 |set(LF_MAIN_TARGET ${fileConfig.name})
@@ -169,10 +167,6 @@ class CppStandaloneCmakeGenerator(private val targetConfig: TargetConfig, privat
                 |)
                 |target_link_libraries($S{LF_MAIN_TARGET} $reactorCppTarget)
                 |
-                |if(REACTOR_CPP_LINK_EXECINFO)
-                |  target_link_libraries($S{LF_MAIN_TARGET} execinfo)
-                |endif()
-                |
                 |if(MSVC)
                 |  target_compile_options($S{LF_MAIN_TARGET} PRIVATE /W4)
                 |else()
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneGenerator.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneGenerator.kt
index 2647c1f9b1..7ad7d3a589 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneGenerator.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/lflang/generator/cpp/CppStandaloneGenerator.kt
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ class CppStandaloneGenerator(generator: CppGenerator) :
     private fun getCmakeArgs(
         buildPath: Path,
         outPath: Path,
-        additionalCmakeArgs: List<String> = listOf(),
         sourcesRoot: String? = null
-    ) = cmakeArgs + additionalCmakeArgs + listOf(
+    ) = cmakeArgs + listOf(
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${outPath.toUnixString()}",
         "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=$relativeBinDir",
         "-S",
@@ -191,12 +190,11 @@ class CppStandaloneGenerator(generator: CppGenerator) :
     private fun createCmakeCommand(
         buildPath: Path,
         outPath: Path,
-        additionalCmakeArgs: List<String> = listOf(),
         sourcesRoot: String? = null
     ): LFCommand {
         val cmd = commandFactory.createCommand(
             "cmake",
-            getCmakeArgs(buildPath, outPath, additionalCmakeArgs, sourcesRoot),
+            getCmakeArgs(buildPath, outPath, sourcesRoot),
             buildPath.parent
         )
 
@@ -219,9 +217,7 @@ class CppStandaloneGenerator(generator: CppGenerator) :
 
         override fun generateRunForInstallingDeps(): String {
             return if (builderBase() == defaultImage()) {
-                ("RUN set -ex && apk add --no-cache g++ musl-dev cmake make && apk add --no-cache"
-                        + " --update --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/main/"
-                        + " libexecinfo-dev")
+                ("RUN set -ex && apk add --no-cache g++ musl-dev cmake make")
             } else {
                 "# (Skipping installation of build dependencies; custom base image.)"
             }
@@ -246,7 +242,6 @@ class CppStandaloneGenerator(generator: CppGenerator) :
                 listOf("cmake") + getCmakeArgs(
                     Path.of("./build"),
                     Path.of("."),
-                    listOf("-DREACTOR_CPP_LINK_EXECINFO=ON"),
                     "src-gen"
                 ),
                 listOf("cmake") + getMakeArgs(fileConfig.buildPath, true, fileConfig.name),
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/cpp/reactor-cpp b/core/src/main/resources/lib/cpp/reactor-cpp
index f47e5174e4..854d3dcaf8 160000
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/cpp/reactor-cpp
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/cpp/reactor-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f47e5174e4cbb891a886b06395da65cc8af79640
+Subproject commit 854d3dcaf84c900482e8b94d2bb475b923fb84d2