diff --git a/Tools/CMakeLists.txt b/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
index b9085206..71931e7f 100644
--- a/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif()
 
 macro(plasma_tool NAME)
     add_executable(${NAME} src/${NAME}.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(${NAME} HSPlasma ${STRING_THEORY_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(${NAME} PRIVATE HSPlasma)
     install(TARGETS ${NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 endmacro(plasma_tool)
 
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 49d2c165..dfb481bb 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -802,8 +802,14 @@ add_library(HSPlasma
             ${SQUISH_SOURCES}
 )
 target_link_libraries(HSPlasma
-                      JPEG::JPEG PNG::PNG string_theory Threads::Threads ZLIB::ZLIB
-                      $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${ENABLE_PHYSX}>,$<BOOL:${PHYSX_FOUND}>>:${PHYSX_COOKING_LIBRARY}>
+                      PUBLIC
+                        string_theory
+                        Threads::Threads
+                      PRIVATE
+                        JPEG::JPEG
+                        PNG::PNG
+                        ZLIB::ZLIB
+                        $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${ENABLE_PHYSX}>,$<BOOL:${PHYSX_FOUND}>>:${PHYSX_COOKING_LIBRARY}>
 )
 
 target_include_directories(HSPlasma PUBLIC
diff --git a/core/HSPlasmaConfig.cmake.in b/core/HSPlasmaConfig.cmake.in
index f92483a4..e795b918 100644
--- a/core/HSPlasmaConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/core/HSPlasmaConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
-find_dependency(ZLIB)
-find_dependency(JPEG)
-find_dependency(PNG)
+if(NOT "@BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@")
+    find_dependency(ZLIB)
+    find_dependency(JPEG)
+    find_dependency(PNG)
+endif()
+find_dependency(string_theory CONFIG)
 find_dependency(Threads)
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/HSPlasma-targets.cmake)
diff --git a/net/CMakeLists.txt b/net/CMakeLists.txt
index 66639d50..a905470e 100644
--- a/net/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/net/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,9 +94,11 @@ add_library(HSPlasmaNet
             ${PN_SOURCES}       ${PN_HEADERS}
 )
 target_link_libraries(HSPlasmaNet
-                      HSPlasma string_theory
-                      $<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:SunOS>>:OpenSSL::Crypto>
-                      $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:ws2_32>
+                      PUBLIC
+                        HSPlasma
+                      PRIVATE
+                        $<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:SunOS>>:OpenSSL::Crypto>
+                        $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:ws2_32>
 )
 
 target_include_directories(HSPlasmaNet PUBLIC
diff --git a/net/HSPlasmaNetConfig.cmake.in b/net/HSPlasmaNetConfig.cmake.in
index fbb2c6d7..4ba511e1 100644
--- a/net/HSPlasmaNetConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/net/HSPlasmaNetConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(HSPlasma CONFIG)
-find_dependency(OpenSSL)
+if(NOT "@BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@")
+    find_dependency(OpenSSL)
+endif()
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/HSPlasmaNet-targets.cmake)