diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 629354086..7ec2288fe 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (WIN32 AND NOT BORLAND)
     endif()
 endif()
 if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-    target_link_libraries(cppcheck ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(cppcheck tinyxml2)
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(cppcheck copy_cfg)
diff --git a/cmake/printInfo.cmake b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
index 2fd971b1d..8bf497304 100644
--- a/cmake/printInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if (USE_Z3)
 endif()
 message( STATUS "USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2 =  ${USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2}" )
 if (NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-    message(STATUS "tinyxml2_LIBRARIES =       ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES}")
+    message(STATUS "tinyxml2_LIBRARIES =    tinyxml2")
 endif()
 message( STATUS )
 
diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f265f7fc..213ad5918 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
         target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui ${Z3_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
     if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-        target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui tinyxml2)
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Help)
     if(WITH_QCHART)
diff --git a/gui/test/benchmark/simple/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/test/benchmark/simple/CMakeLists.txt
index c6c6cd672..81351e719 100644
--- a/gui/test/benchmark/simple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/test/benchmark/simple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ if (USE_Z3)
     target_link_libraries(benchmark-simple ${Z3_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-    target_link_libraries(benchmark-simple ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(benchmark-simple tinyxml2)
 endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/test/xmlreportv2/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/test/xmlreportv2/CMakeLists.txt
index 97932d8e8..5dd39465c 100644
--- a/gui/test/xmlreportv2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/test/xmlreportv2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ if (USE_Z3)
     target_link_libraries(test-xmlreportv2 ${Z3_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-    target_link_libraries(test-xmlreportv2 ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(test-xmlreportv2 tinyxml2)
 endif()
diff --git a/oss-fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/oss-fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index e3117b05a..5b2c5e059 100644
--- a/oss-fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oss-fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if (ENABLE_OSS_FUZZ AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         target_link_libraries(fuzz-client PRIVATE ${Z3_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
     if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-        target_link_libraries(fuzz-client PRIVATE ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(fuzz-client PRIVATE tinyxml2)
     endif()
 
     add_executable(translate EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 082ca253a..2cc49fe99 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (BUILD_TESTS)
         endif()
     endif()
     if(tinyxml2_FOUND AND NOT USE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2)
-        target_link_libraries(testrunner ${tinyxml2_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(testrunner tinyxml2)
     endif()
 
     if (NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)