diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c08aaf1..78119323 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ target_link_libraries(conntest PRIVATE  exiv2lib)
 # ******************************************************************************
 # exifprint application
 # ADD_EXECUTABLE( exifprint exifprint.cpp )
-# TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exifprint exiv2lib )
+# target_link_libraries( exifprint exiv2lib )
 
 # ******************************************************************************
 # remotetest application
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 36509e20..4c5d7247 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ if ( MSVC )
     target_compile_definitions(exiv2lib PRIVATE PSAPI_VERSION=1) # to be compatible with <= WinVista (#905)
 
     if ( EXIV2_ENABLE_STATIC )
-        TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib zlibstatic ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
+        target_link_libraries( exiv2lib zlibstatic ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
     else()
-        TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
+        target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
     endif()
     source_group("Header Files" FILES ${LIBEXIV2_HDR} )
     source_group("Header Files" FILES ${LIBCURL_HDR} )
@@ -225,23 +225,23 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP AND EXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP )
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PUBLIC xmp )
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PUBLIC xmp )
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG )
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_NLS )
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PRIVATE  ${LIBINTL_LIBRARIES} )
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE  ${LIBINTL_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
 
 if( ICONV_FOUND )
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PRIVATE  ${ICONV_LIBRARIES} )
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE  ${ICONV_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
 
 if (CYGWIN OR MINGW)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2lib PRIVATE  psapi ws2_32 )
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE  psapi ws2_32 )
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS exiv2lib