diff --git a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
index a2b78c252..4cf5e8196 100644
--- a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 				find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
 				pkg_check_modules(PC_OPENSSL openssl QUIET)
 				find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-				list(APPEND OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${PC_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
-				set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
+				set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${PC_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 			endif()
 			set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 		endif()