diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 41a672e8..5dcd7635 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ endif()
 
 if (EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP)
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE exiv2-xmp)
-    list(APPEND libs_private_list "exiv2-xmp")
 elseif(EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP)
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PUBLIC ${XMPSDK_LIBRARY})
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PUBLIC ${XMPSDK_INCLUDE_DIR})