diff --git a/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c8ec18831..5621a51b22 100644
--- a/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,4 @@ target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ../mtmd)
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE server-context PUBLIC common cpp-httplib ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
-if (WIN32)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
-endif()
-
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
diff --git a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
index a5887476af..f2d3f98005 100644
--- a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
 if (WIN32 AND NOT MSVC)
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC ws2_32)
 endif()
 
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)