diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e7ffafd0..76bcf71b4 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ if(BUILD_TRANSPORT_CURL)
   target_link_libraries(azure-core PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
 endif()
 if(BUILD_TRANSPORT_WINHTTP)
-  SET(WIN_HTTP_LIB Winhttp.lib)
-  target_link_libraries(azure-core PRIVATE ${WIN_HTTP_LIB})
+  target_link_libraries(azure-core PRIVATE winhttp)
 endif()
 
 get_az_version("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inc/azure/core/version.hpp")