diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index bc948a1ad1..d2a17ca550 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ if(EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY)
   add_executable(conntest conntest.cpp)
   list(APPEND APPLICATIONS conntest)
   if(EXIV2_ENABLE_CURL)
-    target_include_directories(conntest SYSTEM PRIVATE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(conntest PRIVATE ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(conntest PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index eb8bfc438f..6b321bac94 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2lib_int PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURC
 
 if(EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY)
   if(EXIV2_ENABLE_CURL)
-    target_include_directories(exiv2lib SYSTEM PRIVATE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
     list(APPEND requires_private_list "libcurl")
   endif()
 endif()