diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fe7d7a08d4d323f4171f9a210fb547914e894c2..9450a2925657ac2d909dde56a6496bec2f60d93e 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function(wolf_add_gtest target)
     target_link_libraries(${target} libgtest ${PLUGIN_NAME})
     target_include_directories(${target} PUBLIC ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   else()
-    target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC gtest_main ${PLUGIN_NAME})
+    target_link_libraries(${target} gtest_main ${PLUGIN_NAME})
   endif()
   add_test(NAME ${target} COMMAND ${target})
 endfunction()