diff --git a/nglib/CMakeLists.txt b/nglib/CMakeLists.txt
index 47eb6597..cebdaeb7 100644
--- a/nglib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nglib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ if(USE_OCC)
     install(FILES nglib_occ.h DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_INCLUDE} COMPONENT netgen_devel)
 endif(USE_OCC)
 
+target_link_libraries(nglib PUBLIC ngcore PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
+
 if(EMSCRIPTEN)
-  target_compile_options(nglib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:ngcore,INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>)
-  target_compile_definitions(nglib PUBLIC $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ngcore,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>)
-  target_include_directories(nglib PUBLIC $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ngcore,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
   target_include_directories(nglib PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:occ_libs,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
-  target_link_libraries(nglib PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} $<BUILD_INTERFACE:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:occ_libs,INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES>>)
+  target_link_libraries(nglib PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:occ_libs,INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES>>)
 else(EMSCRIPTEN)
-  target_link_libraries(nglib PUBLIC ngcore)
-  target_link_libraries( nglib PRIVATE ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${MKL_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} occ_libs netgen_cgns )
+  target_link_libraries( nglib PRIVATE ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${MKL_LIBRARIES} occ_libs netgen_cgns )
 endif(EMSCRIPTEN)
 
 install(TARGETS nglib netgen_cgns ${NG_INSTALL_DIR})