diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index e5ee711..e1b1a70 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2018-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
-if (NOT BUILD_BARE_METAL AND NOT EXECUTE_NETWORK_STATIC)
+if (NOT BUILD_BARE_METAL)
    if(BUILD_SAMPLE_APP AND ARMNNREF)
         add_executable(SimpleSample SimpleSample.cpp)
         target_link_libraries(SimpleSample armnn ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})