diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
index da4c524456..0a270105e4 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
         QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
         QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
         QT_NO_FOREACH
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::Core # special case
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
         ../shared
diff --git a/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/CMakeLists.txt
index eba1dad884..34a3f1811b 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
         ../moc
         ../moc/../../3rdparty/tinycbor/src
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::CorePrivate
         Qt::DBusPrivate
     # COMPILE_OPTIONS  # special case
diff --git a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 45795952b4..610b9df997 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
     DEFINES
         QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
         QT_NO_FOREACH
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::CorePrivate
         Qt::DBusPrivate
     # COMPILE_OPTIONS  # special case
diff --git a/src/tools/qlalr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qlalr/CMakeLists.txt
index 6feb2f9100..dbad8bef9b 100644
--- a/src/tools/qlalr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qlalr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
         recognizer.cpp recognizer.h
     DEFINES
         QT_NO_FOREACH
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::Core # special case
 )
 qt_internal_return_unless_building_tools()
diff --git a/src/tools/qvkgen/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/qvkgen/CMakeLists.txt
index 239dfb8c91..99a08661c6 100644
--- a/src/tools/qvkgen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/qvkgen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ qt_internal_add_tool(${target_name}
     TOOLS_TARGET Gui # special case
     SOURCES
         qvkgen.cpp
-    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+    LIBRARIES
         Qt::Core # special case
 )
 qt_internal_return_unless_building_tools()