diff --git a/ecaludp/CMakeLists.txt b/ecaludp/CMakeLists.txt
index c6fc47a..34b96b3 100644
--- a/ecaludp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ecaludp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ generate_export_header(${PROJECT_NAME}
 add_library (ecaludp::ecaludp ALIAS ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-    PUBLIC
-        asio::asio
     PRIVATE
         # Link header-only libs (recycle) as described in this workaround:
         # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/15415#note_633938
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:asio::asio>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:steinwurf::recycle>
         $<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:ws2_32>
         $<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:wsock32>