diff --git a/examples/c++/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/c++/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e8483ac8..85bbd77c7 100644
--- a/examples/c++/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/c++/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ add_executable(cpp_example EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL example.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(cpp_example PRIVATE libz3)
 target_include_directories(cpp_example PRIVATE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/api")
 target_include_directories(cpp_example PRIVATE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/api/c++")
-set_property(TARGET cpp_example APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS ${Z3_DEPENDENT_EXTRA_CXX_LINK_FLAGS})
diff --git a/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 3257729aa..1a14573ac 100644
--- a/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 add_executable(c_example EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL test_capi.c)
 target_link_libraries(c_example PRIVATE libz3)
 target_include_directories(c_example PRIVATE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/api")
-set_property(TARGET c_example APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS ${Z3_DEPENDENT_EXTRA_C_LINK_FLAGS})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fb48af00..c4f6b3334 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ endif()
 # automatically link against the libs in Z3_DEPENDENT_LIBS
 target_link_libraries(libz3 INTERFACE ${Z3_DEPENDENT_LIBS})
 
+set_property(TARGET libz3 APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS ${Z3_DEPENDENT_EXTRA_CXX_LINK_FLAGS})
+
 # Declare which header file are the public header files of libz3
 # these will automatically installed when the libz3 target is installed
 set (libz3_public_headers