diff --git a/CMake/Modules/FindHamlib.cmake b/CMake/Modules/FindHamlib.cmake
index aa17b2aa1..a0a475a66 100644
--- a/CMake/Modules/FindHamlib.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Modules/FindHamlib.cmake
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ libfind_process (Hamlib)
 if (NOT Hamlib_PKGCONF_FOUND)
   if (WIN32)
     set (Hamlib_LIBRARIES ${Hamlib_LIBRARIES};${Usb_LIBRARY};ws2_32)
-    # pretend pkg-config worked
-    set (Hamlib_PKGCONF_LDFLAGS ${Usb_LIBRARY};ws2_32)
   else ()
     set (Hamlib_LIBRARIES ${Hamlib_LIBRARIES};m;dl)
   endif ()
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ endif ()
 # it wrong for frameworks
 unset (_next_is_framework)
 unset (_Hamlib_EXTRA_LIBS)
-foreach (_lib IN LISTS Hamlib_PKGCONF_LDFLAGS)
+foreach (_lib IN LISTS Hamlib_LIBRARIES)
   if (_next_is_framework)
     list (APPEND _Hamlib_EXTRA_LIBS "-framework ${_lib}")
     unset (_next_is_framework)