diff --git a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
index acf703d21bf..99ea4b25e24 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ set (BUILD_EXAMPLES ON CACHE BOOL "Build h5pl Examples" FORCE)
 
 set (HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME "hdf5" CACHE STRING "Name of HDF5 package" FORCE)
 set (HDF5_HDF5_HEADER "h5pubconf.h" CACHE STRING "Name of HDF5 header" FORCE)
-set (HDF5_LINK_TARGET ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} CACHE STRING "hdf5 target" FORCE)
-set (HDF5_LINK_LIBS $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET}> CACHE STRING "hdf5 shared link library" FORCE)
+set (HDF5_LINK_LIBS ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} CACHE STRING "hdf5 target" FORCE)
 #set (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET},INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES> CACHE PATH "hdf5 include dirs" FORCE)
 set (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR "${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR}" CACHE PATH "hdf5 include dirs" FORCE)
 set (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${HDF5_SRC_DIR};${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR}" CACHE PATH "hdf5 include dirs" FORCE)