diff --git a/cmake/px4_add_library.cmake b/cmake/px4_add_library.cmake
index 8fedf801ef..68f6a6dd39 100644
--- a/cmake/px4_add_library.cmake
+++ b/cmake/px4_add_library.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,5 @@ function(px4_add_library target)
 	# Pass variable to the parent px4_add_module.
 	set(_no_optimization_for_target ${_no_optimization_for_target} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
-	set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_LIBRARIES ${target})
 	set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PX4_MODULE_PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 endfunction()