diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject/CMakeLists.txt
index a227b5a3ad8..53338d35b57 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetaobject/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ qt_internal_add_test(tst_qmetaobject_compat
         ${tst_qmetaobject_SOURCES}
     DEFINES
         USE_COMPAT_Q_ARG=1
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::CorePrivate
     NO_BATCH
 )
diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/eventloop/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/eventloop/CMakeLists.txt
index f1fa9a788c2..94636d40f80 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/eventloop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/selftests/eventloop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ qt_internal_add_executable(eventloop
     OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     SOURCES
         tst_eventloop.cpp
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::Test
 )