diff --git a/common/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/common/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index da4dc3aedc86409141cf2583ee68a295defb77c1..9df6587bf938ed64270dfd219f3ae8406962262a 100644
--- a/common/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 # Library
 ################################
 IF(WIN32)
-    SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY HIDRA2_COMMON_IO_LIBRARIES "Threads::Threads wsock32 ws2_32")
+    SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY HIDRA2_COMMON_IO_LIBRARIES Threads::Threads wsock32 ws2_32)
 ELSEIF(UNIX)
-    SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY HIDRA2_COMMON_IO_LIBRARIES "Threads::Threads")
+    SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY HIDRA2_COMMON_IO_LIBRARIES Threads::Threads)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 add_library(${TARGET_NAME} OBJECT ${SOURCE_FILES})
 #add_library(${TARGET_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES})