diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 78f81a0..d92d73d 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 set(example_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 file(GLOB source_files ${example_dir}/*.cc)
 
 if(NOT ROOT_FOUND)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM source_files "${example_dir}/AnalysisROOT.cc" "${example_dir}/WRapidityAnalysisROOT.cc")
 endif()
 
 foreach(source ${source_files})
   get_filename_component(name ${source} NAME_WE)
   add_library(${name}_lib SHARED ${source})
   set_target_properties(${name}_lib PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${name}")
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
     # Clang warns about `std::unique_ptr` in C linked (`extern "C"`) function
     # `make_analysis`. However this call is safe from C++, and we don't care
     # about pure C. We can ignore the warning.
     target_compile_options(${name}_lib PRIVATE "-Wno-return-type-c-linkage")
   endif()
   target_compile_options(${name}_lib PRIVATE "-fvisibility=hidden")
   ## link library
   target_link_libraries(${name}_lib HEJ)
 endforeach(source)
 
 if(ROOT_FOUND)
   set(ROOT_LIBS ROOT::Core ROOT::Hist ROOT::RIO)
-  target_link_libraries(AnalysisROOT_lib $(ROOT_LIBS))
-  target_link_libraries(WRapidityAnalysisROOT_lib $(ROOT_LIBS))
+  target_link_libraries(AnalysisROOT_lib ${ROOT_LIBS})
+  target_link_libraries(WRapidityAnalysisROOT_lib ${ROOT_LIBS})
 endif()