diff --git a/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/CMakeLists.txt b/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/CMakeLists.txt
index 31f3a4f2d51..9fbe55b6e75 100644
--- a/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ create_single_source_cgal_program("kruskal_with_stored_id.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("normals.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("range.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("transform_iterator.cpp")
+create_single_source_cgal_program("copy_polyhedron.cpp")
 
 find_package(OpenMesh QUIET)
 if(OpenMesh_FOUND)
-  create_single_source_cgal_program("copy_polyhedron.cpp")
   target_link_libraries(copy_polyhedron PRIVATE ${OPENMESH_LIBRARIES})
   target_compile_definitions(copy_polyhedron PRIVATE -DCGAL_USE_OPENMESH)
 else()
-  message(STATUS "NOTICE: The example 'copy_polyhedron' requires OpenMesh, and will not be compiled.")
+  message(STATUS "NOTICE: The example 'copy_polyhedron' will not use OpenMesh.")
 endif()
 
 find_package(METIS QUIET)
diff --git a/Surface_mesh/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/Surface_mesh/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index 841e9b4bea9..33ae6c84569 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Surface_mesh/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ add_definitions("-std=c++1y")
 # Polyhedron
 add_executable(polyhedron_performance performance_2.h polyhedron_performance.h
                                       polyhedron_performance.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(polyhedron_performance ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(polyhedron_performance PRIVATE ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
 
 # LCC_2
 add_executable(lcc_performance_2 performance_2.h lcc_performance_2.h
                                  lcc_performance_2.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(lcc_performance_2 ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(lcc_performance_2 PRIVATE ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
 
 # Surface_mesh
 add_executable(
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ add_executable(
   performance_2 performance_2.cpp performance_2.h polyhedron_performance.h
                 surface_mesh_performance.h lcc_performance_2.h)
 
-target_link_libraries(performance_2 ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(performance_2 PRIVATE ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
 
 create_single_source_cgal_program("sm_sms.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("poly_sms.cpp")
diff --git a/Surface_mesh_deformation/demo/Surface_mesh_deformation/CMakeLists.txt b/Surface_mesh_deformation/demo/Surface_mesh_deformation/CMakeLists.txt
index d0e7ddae9bb..c5805ce92f7 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_deformation/demo/Surface_mesh_deformation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Surface_mesh_deformation/demo/Surface_mesh_deformation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ find_package(Eigen3 3.1.91) #(requires 3.1.91 or greater)
 include(CGAL_Eigen3_support)
 if(TARGET CGAL::Eigen3_support)
   create_single_source_cgal_program("deform_mesh_for_botsch08_format.cpp")
-  target_link_libraries(deform_mesh_for_botsch08_format
-                        PUBLIC CGAL::Eigen3_support)
+  target_link_libraries(deform_mesh_for_botsch08_format PUBLIC CGAL::Eigen3_support)
 else()
   message("NOTICE: This program requires requires Eigen 3.1.91 (or greater) or later and will not be compiled.")
 endif()