diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 573e582..e8db570 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
     src/netconf_access.cpp
     )
 
-target_link_libraries(netconfaccess PUBLIC datastoreaccess yangschema ast_values utils PkgConfig::LIBNETCONF2 PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBYANG-CPP)
+target_link_libraries(netconfaccess PUBLIC datastoreaccess yangschema ast_values utils PkgConfig::LIBNETCONF2 PkgConfig::LIBYANG-CPP)
 
 add_library(yangaccess STATIC
     src/yang_access.cpp