diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index b5d5453d2d357..f79acfef1d133 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ endif()
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PUBLIC .)
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama build_info)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE build_info PUBLIC llama)
diff --git a/examples/llava/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/llava/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ea3e5c836c13..48dae1506e81e 100644
--- a/examples/llava/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/llava/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ endif()
 set(TARGET llava-cli)
 add_executable(llava-cli llava-cli.cpp)
 install(TARGETS llava-cli RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(llava-cli PRIVATE common llama llava ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(llava-cli PRIVATE common llava ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(llava PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 859cd12c6c6b1..81709e4484c9f 100644
--- a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE
     SERVER_VERBOSE=$<BOOL:${LLAMA_SERVER_VERBOSE}>
 )
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama llava ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llava ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 if (WIN32)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b5e69d138bfd..7c932240de82d 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ function(llama_build_executable source)
     get_filename_component(TEST_TARGET ${source} NAME_WE)
     add_executable(${TEST_TARGET} ${source})
     install(TARGETS ${TEST_TARGET} RUNTIME)
-    target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET} PRIVATE llama common)
+    target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET} PRIVATE common)
 endfunction()
 
 function(llama_test_executable name source)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function(llama_build_and_test_executable source)
     get_filename_component(TEST_TARGET ${source} NAME_WE)
     add_executable(${TEST_TARGET} ${source})
     install(TARGETS ${TEST_TARGET} RUNTIME)
-    target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET} PRIVATE llama common)
+    target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET} PRIVATE common)
     add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:${TEST_TARGET}> ${ARGN})
 endfunction()