--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ if(OpenCL_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC OpenCL::OpenCL)
 endif()
 if(LibArchive_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC ${LibArchive_LIBRARIES})
+  find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)
+  target_link_libraries(libtesseract PRIVATE LibArchive::LibArchive)
 endif(LibArchive_FOUND)
 if(CURL_FOUND)
   if(NOT CURL_LIBRARIES)