diff --git a/3rdparty/kde/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/kde/CMakeLists.txt
index 21c362d1b7..d58bea7881 100644
--- a/3rdparty/kde/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/kde/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set(gammaray_kitemmodels_srcs
 
 add_library(gammaray_kitemmodels SHARED ${gammaray_kitemmodels_srcs})
 
-target_link_libraries(gammaray_kitemmodels LINK_PUBLIC Qt::Core)
+target_link_libraries(gammaray_kitemmodels PUBLIC Qt::Core)
 
 set_target_properties(gammaray_kitemmodels PROPERTIES
   ${GAMMARAY_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_PROPERTIES}
diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 50e7c7e8dc..a885278faf 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,15 +52,13 @@ target_include_directories(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_client
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    Qt::Core
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    gammaray_ui
-    gammaray_ui_internal
-    gammaray_common
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::Widgets
-    Qt::Network
+    PUBLIC Qt::Core
+    PRIVATE gammaray_ui
+            gammaray_ui_internal
+            gammaray_common
+            Qt::Gui
+            Qt::Widgets
+            Qt::Network
 )
 if(GAMMARAY_USE_PCH)
     target_precompile_headers(gammaray_client REUSE_FROM gammaray_pch_core_gui)
diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e044db521..d067604b3f 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,19 +73,12 @@ target_include_directories(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_common
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    Qt::Core
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    Qt::Network
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::GuiPrivate
+    PUBLIC Qt::Core
+    PRIVATE Qt::Network Qt::Gui Qt::GuiPrivate
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_common
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    gammaray_lz4
-    gammaray_kitemmodels
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+    PRIVATE gammaray_lz4 gammaray_kitemmodels ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 gammaray_set_rpath(gammaray_common ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
 if(GAMMARAY_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 46f84913c0..179062eca6 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,14 +128,12 @@ target_include_directories(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_core
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    gammaray_common
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    gammaray_common_internal
-    gammaray_kitemmodels
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-    Qt::CorePrivate
-    Qt::GuiPrivate
+    PUBLIC gammaray_common
+    PRIVATE gammaray_common_internal
+            gammaray_kitemmodels
+            ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+            Qt::CorePrivate
+            Qt::GuiPrivate
 )
 if(GAMMARAY_USE_PCH)
     target_precompile_headers(gammaray_core REUSE_FROM gammaray_pch_core_gui)
@@ -149,14 +147,11 @@ gammaray_set_rpath(gammaray_core ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_core
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    Qt::Core
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::GuiPrivate
+    PUBLIC Qt::Core
+    PRIVATE Qt::Gui Qt::GuiPrivate
 )
 if(TARGET Qt::AndroidExtras)
-    target_link_libraries(gammaray_core LINK_PRIVATE Qt::AndroidExtras)
+    target_link_libraries(gammaray_core PRIVATE Qt::AndroidExtras)
 endif()
 
 add_backward(gammaray_core)
diff --git a/launcher/core/CMakeLists.txt b/launcher/core/CMakeLists.txt
index f017d0b4d9..5c37489f99 100644
--- a/launcher/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launcher/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,20 +69,16 @@ target_include_directories(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_launcher
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    Qt::Core
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    gammaray_common
-    Qt::Network
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+    PUBLIC Qt::Core
+    PRIVATE gammaray_common Qt::Network ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 if(HAVE_QT_WIDGETS)
-    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher LINK_PRIVATE Qt::Gui Qt::Widgets)
+    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher PRIVATE Qt::Gui Qt::Widgets)
 endif()
 if(WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher LINK_PRIVATE version)
+    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher PRIVATE version)
 elseif(APPLE)
-    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher LINK_PRIVATE "-framework CoreFoundation")
+    target_link_libraries(gammaray_launcher PRIVATE "-framework CoreFoundation")
 endif()
 
 install(
diff --git a/launcher/ui/CMakeLists.txt b/launcher/ui/CMakeLists.txt
index 27295d00b7..5397107668 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launcher/ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,15 +40,13 @@ target_include_directories(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_launcher_ui
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    gammaray_launcher
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    Qt::Core
-    Qt::Concurrent
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::Widgets
-    Qt::Network
-    gammaray_ui
+    PUBLIC gammaray_launcher
+    PRIVATE Qt::Core
+            Qt::Concurrent
+            Qt::Gui
+            Qt::Widgets
+            Qt::Network
+            gammaray_ui
 )
 
 install(
diff --git a/plugins/signalmonitor/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/signalmonitor/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a85fea169..ebce35da64 100644
--- a/plugins/signalmonitor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/signalmonitor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ add_library(
     ${gammaray_signalmonitor_shared_srcs}
 )
 target_link_libraries(
-    gammaray_signalmonitor_shared LINK_PRIVATE gammaray_common
+    gammaray_signalmonitor_shared
+    PRIVATE gammaray_common
 )
 set_target_properties(gammaray_signalmonitor_shared PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 target_compile_features(gammaray_signalmonitor_shared PUBLIC ${GAMMARAY_REQUIRED_CXX_FEATURES})
diff --git a/ui/CMakeLists.txt b/ui/CMakeLists.txt
index c4cdc73dd5..65b4284a5e 100644
--- a/ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,18 +113,11 @@ target_include_directories(
 
 target_link_libraries(
     gammaray_ui
-    LINK_PUBLIC
-    Qt::Core
-    Qt::Gui
-    Qt::Widgets
-    gammaray_common
-    LINK_PRIVATE
-    gammaray_common_internal
-    gammaray_kitemmodels
-    Qt::WidgetsPrivate
+    PUBLIC Qt::Core Qt::Gui Qt::Widgets gammaray_common
+    PRIVATE gammaray_common_internal gammaray_kitemmodels Qt::WidgetsPrivate
 )
 if(TARGET KF${QtCore_VERSION_MAJOR}::SyntaxHighlighting)
-    target_link_libraries(gammaray_ui LINK_PRIVATE KF${QtCore_VERSION_MAJOR}::SyntaxHighlighting)
+    target_link_libraries(gammaray_ui PRIVATE KF${QtCore_VERSION_MAJOR}::SyntaxHighlighting)
 endif()
 
 set(gammaray_ui_internal_srcs