diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index b6b984d502..27ca335be3 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 llama_add_compile_flags()
 
 # Build info header
-#
 
 if(EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     set(GIT_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
@@ -110,29 +109,16 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()
 
-# TODO: use list(APPEND LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS ...)
-set(LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS build_info)
-set(LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} cpp-httplib)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE
+    build_info
+    cpp-httplib
+)
 
 if (LLAMA_LLGUIDANCE)
     include(ExternalProject)
     set(LLGUIDANCE_SRC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/llguidance/source)
     set(LLGUIDANCE_PATH ${LLGUIDANCE_SRC}/target/release)
-
-    # Set the correct library file extension based on platform
-    if (WIN32)
-        set(LLGUIDANCE_LIB_NAME "llguidance.lib")
-        # Add Windows-specific libraries
-        set(LLGUIDANCE_PLATFORM_LIBS
-            ws2_32    # Windows Sockets API
-            userenv   # For GetUserProfileDirectoryW
-            ntdll     # For NT functions
-            bcrypt    # For BCryptGenRandom
-        )
-    else()
-        set(LLGUIDANCE_LIB_NAME "libllguidance.a")
-        set(LLGUIDANCE_PLATFORM_LIBS "")
-    endif()
+    set(LLGUIDANCE_LIB_NAME "${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}llguidance${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
 
     ExternalProject_Add(llguidance_ext
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/guidance-ai/llguidance
@@ -154,8 +140,10 @@ if (LLAMA_LLGUIDANCE)
     add_dependencies(llguidance llguidance_ext)
 
     target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LLGUIDANCE_PATH})
-    # Add platform libraries to the main target
-    set(LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} llguidance ${LLGUIDANCE_PLATFORM_LIBS})
-endif ()
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llguidance)
+    if (WIN32)
+        target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32 userenv ntdll bcrypt)
+    endif()
+endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} PUBLIC llama Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC llama Threads::Threads)