diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 92b4d7db92..786ccb9266 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ if(NOT already_set_kvikio)
   endif()
 
   if(TARGET CURL::libcurl)
-    target_link_libraries(kvikio::kvikio INTERFACE $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:CURL::libcurl>)
-    target_compile_definitions(kvikio::kvikio INTERFACE $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:KVIKIO_LIBCURL_FOUND>)
+    target_link_libraries(kvikio::kvikio INTERFACE CURL::libcurl)
+    target_compile_definitions(kvikio::kvikio INTERFACE KVIKIO_LIBCURL_FOUND)
   endif()
 
 endif()
diff --git a/python/kvikio/kvikio/_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/python/kvikio/kvikio/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f2118bb61..18bb46c0fb 100644
--- a/python/kvikio/kvikio/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/kvikio/kvikio/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 rapids_cython_create_modules(
   CXX
   SOURCE_FILES "${cython_modules}"
-  LINKED_LIBRARIES kvikio::kvikio nvcomp::nvcomp $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:CURL::libcurl>
+  LINKED_LIBRARIES kvikio::kvikio nvcomp::nvcomp
 )
 if(USE_NVCOMP_RUNTIME_WHEEL)
   set(rpaths "$ORIGIN/../../nvidia/nvcomp")