diff --git a/external/kwayland/CMakeLists.txt b/external/kwayland/CMakeLists.txt
index bd0d88b..a6d9771 100644
--- a/external/kwayland/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/kwayland/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
     pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND_CLIENT REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-client)
     target_link_libraries(external_kwayland_bundled INTERFACE PkgConfig::WAYLAND_CLIENT)
 else()
-    target_link_libraries(external_kwayland_bundled
-    INTERFACE
-        $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper>
-    )
+    target_link_libraries(external_kwayland_bundled INTERFACE desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper)
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(external_kwayland_bundled kwayland-build)
diff --git a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index a4b15d3..4569a4e 100644
--- a/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@ if (LINUX)
     if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WAYLAND_INTEGRATION)
         target_link_libraries(external_qt
         INTERFACE
-            $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper>
+            desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper
         )
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(external_qt
     INTERFACE
-        $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::linux_xcb_helper>
+        desktop-app::linux_xcb_helper
         fontconfig
         freetype
         xcb
diff --git a/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt b/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
index b601f66..7d4b91b 100644
--- a/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/qt/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ if (LINUX)
     if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WAYLAND_INTEGRATION)
         target_link_libraries(external_qt
         INTERFACE
-            $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper>
+            desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper
         )
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(external_qt
     INTERFACE
-        $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::linux_xcb_helper>
+        desktop-app::linux_xcb_helper
         fontconfig
         freetype
         xcb
diff --git a/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt b/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c8e281..c554e94 100644
--- a/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linux_wayland_helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ PRIVATE
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(linux_wayland_helper
-PUBLIC
+PRIVATE
     desktop-app::external_gsl
 )