diff --git a/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake b/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
index 11ab7f8254..dcab8f7cd3 100644
--- a/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(Brotli
 )
 
 set(BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS ${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIR})
-set(BROTLI_LIBRARIES ${BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARY} ${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY})
+set(BROTLI_LIBRARIES ${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY} ${BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3525d3fca..65b805c33c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ if(CURL_BROTLI)
   find_package(Brotli REQUIRED)
   if(BROTLI_FOUND)
     set(HAVE_BROTLI ON)
-    set(CURL_LIBS "${BROTLI_LIBRARIES};${CURL_LIBS}")  # For 'ld' linker. Emulate `list(PREPEND ...)` to stay compatible with <v3.15 CMake.
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${BROTLI_LIBRARIES})
     include_directories(${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS})