diff --git a/cmake/03-libs.cmake b/cmake/03-libs.cmake
index dc4b7bea..b3f0acd1 100644
--- a/cmake/03-libs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/03-libs.cmake
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 list(APPEND libs ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+list(APPEND libs ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
-querylib(TRUE "pkg-config" cairo-fc cairo-libs cairo-dirs)
-list(APPEND libs ${cairo-libs})
-list(APPEND dirs ${cairo-dirs})
-
+querylib(TRUE "pkg-config" cairo-fc libs dirs)
 querylib(ENABLE_ALSA "pkg-config" alsa alsa-libs alsa-dirs)
 querylib(ENABLE_CURL "pkg-config" libcurl curl-libs curl-dirs)
 querylib(ENABLE_MPD "pkg-config" libmpdclient mpd-libs mpd-dirs)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d4add6b..54016c82 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ make_executable(polybar
     polybar-modules-internal_shared
   RAW_DEPENDS
     ${libs}
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     Threads::Threads)
 
 target_compile_options(polybar PUBLIC $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:$<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-flto>>)