diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index 98b505cbef..d5ec8cf4fb 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
                 else()
                     get_target_property(dep_name ${dep} OUTPUT_NAME)
                 endif()
-                set(dep_name "-l${dep_name}")
             else()
                 get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
             endif()
-            wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
+            wx_string_append(${var} "-l${dep_name} ")
         endforeach()
         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
     endif()