diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b6aa2231db4..1ad973a6356 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET}
       PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBS} ${LINK_COMP_LIBS}
-      PUBLIC "$<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>:${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:MPI::MPI_C>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:CURL::libcurl>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::crypto>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::ssl>"
+      PUBLIC "$<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>:${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:MPI::MPI_C>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:CURL::libcurl>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::libcrypto>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::libssl>"
   )
   if (NOT WIN32)
     target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET}
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a6ef6025e9..d3ee3de8924 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
   )
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_TEST_LIB_TARGET} STATIC)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_TEST_LIB_TARGET}
-      PUBLIC ${LINK_LIBS} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:CURL::libcurl>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::crypto>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::ssl>"
+      PUBLIC ${LINK_LIBS} ${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:CURL::libcurl>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::libcrypto>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:OpenSSL::libssl>"
       PRIVATE "$<$<OR:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>,$<PLATFORM_ID:MinGW>>:ws2_32.lib>"
   )
   if (MINGW)