diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e556220cc7..5d3be71286d 100644
--- a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ target_compile_options(
 
 target_link_libraries(
   cudf_datagen
-  PUBLIC GTest::gmock GTest::gtest GTest::gmock_main GTest::gtest_main benchmark::benchmark
-         nvbench::nvbench Threads::Threads cudf cudftestutil
+  PUBLIC GTest::gmock GTest::gtest benchmark::benchmark nvbench::nvbench Threads::Threads cudf
+         cudftestutil
   PRIVATE $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:conda_env>
 )