diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLuaBuild/LuaVanilla.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLuaBuild/LuaVanilla.cmake
index fbb08f20..fef51896 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLuaBuild/LuaVanilla.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLuaBuild/LuaVanilla.cmake
@@ -335,10 +335,10 @@ target_compile_options(${liblua}
 	PRIVATE ${LUA_VANILLA_LUALIB_COMPILER_OPTIONS})
 add_dependencies(${liblua} LUA_VANILLA)
 if (CMAKE_DL_LIBS)
-	target_link_libraries(${liblua} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+	target_link_libraries(${liblua} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
 if (UNIX)
-	target_link_libraries(${liblua} m)
+	target_link_libraries(${liblua} PRIVATE m)
 endif()
 
 # we don't really need this section...
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ else()
 endif()
 target_compile_options(${luainterpreter}
 	PRIVATE ${LUA_VANILLA_LUA_LUAC_COMPILER_OPTIONS})
-target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} ${liblua})
+target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} PRIVATE ${liblua})
 if (CMAKE_DL_LIBS)
-	target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+	target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
 if (UNIX)
-	target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} m readline)
+	target_link_libraries(${luainterpreter} PRIVATE m readline)
 endif()
 
 # LuaC Compiler
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ else()
 	target_compile_definitions(${luacompiler} 
 		PRIVATE LUA_USE_LINUX)
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} ${liblua})
+target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} PRIVATE ${liblua})
 if (CMAKE_DL_LIBS)
-	target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+	target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
 if (UNIX)
 	# TODO: make readline optional?
-	target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} m readline)
+	target_link_libraries(${luacompiler} PRIVATE m readline)
 endif()
 
 # set externally-visible target indicator
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index e63839d4..859bed51 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ add_library(sol2_assert INTERFACE)
 add_library(sol2::assert ALIAS sol2_assert)
 set_target_properties(sol2_assert
 	PROPERTIES
-	INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
-	EXPORT_NAME sol2::assert)
+	INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 if (SOL2_CI)
 	target_compile_definitions(sol2_assert 
 		PUBLIC SOL2_CI)
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ function (MAKE_EXAMPLE example_source_file example_suffix target_sol)
 		PRIVATE ${target_sol} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} sol2::assert)
 	
 	if(CMAKE_DL_LIBS)
-		target_link_libraries(${example_name} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+		target_link_libraries(${example_name} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 	endif()
 	
 	if (SOL2_TESTS_EXAMPLES)
diff --git a/tests/runtime_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/runtime_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 56e7a119..c6bbfc15 100644
--- a/tests/runtime_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/runtime_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function(CREATE_TEST test_target_name test_name target_sol)
 	
 	if (CMAKE_DL_LIBS)
 		target_link_libraries(${test_target_name}
-			${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+			PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 	endif()
 	
 	add_test(NAME ${test_name} COMMAND ${test_target_name})