diff --git a/imgui_bundle_cmake/internal/add_simple_library.cmake b/imgui_bundle_cmake/internal/add_simple_library.cmake
index a81f956c..b4628017 100644
--- a/imgui_bundle_cmake/internal/add_simple_library.cmake
+++ b/imgui_bundle_cmake/internal/add_simple_library.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(IMGUIBUNDLE_EXTERNAL_PATH ${IMGUI_BUNDLE_PATH}/external CACHE STRING "" FORC
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 function(add_simple_external_library lib_target_name lib_folder)
     add_library(${lib_target_name} STATIC)
-    target_link_libraries(${lib_target_name} PUBLIC imgui)
+    target_link_libraries(${lib_target_name} PRIVATE imgui)
 
     set(lib_parent_folder ${IMGUIBUNDLE_EXTERNAL_PATH}/${lib_folder})
     target_include_directories(${lib_target_name} PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${lib_parent_folder}>)