diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a276a73..3389c04b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ endif()
 target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB)
 target_include_directories(spdlog ${SPDLOG_INCLUDES_LEVEL} PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
                                          "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>")
-target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC Threads::Threads $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>: ws2_32>)
+target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog)
 
 set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} SOVERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SPDLOG_VERSION_MINOR})
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ add_library(spdlog::spdlog_header_only ALIAS spdlog_header_only)
 
 target_include_directories(spdlog_header_only ${SPDLOG_INCLUDES_LEVEL} INTERFACE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
                                                         "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>")
-target_link_libraries(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE Threads::Threads $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>: ws2_32>)
+target_link_libraries(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE Threads::Threads)
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Use fmt package if using external fmt
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 83336e98..a25f15d9 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 # Example of using pre-compiled library
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_executable(example example.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
+target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog $<$<BOOL:MINGW>:ws2_32>)
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Example of using header-only library