diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 )
 target_include_directories(KF5SyntaxHighlighting INTERFACE "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KSyntaxHighlighting;${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}>")
 target_include_directories(KF5SyntaxHighlighting PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR};${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};>")
-target_link_libraries(KF5SyntaxHighlighting LINK_PUBLIC Qt5::Gui LINK_PRIVATE Qt5::Network)
+target_link_libraries(KF5SyntaxHighlighting LINK_PUBLIC Qt5::Gui Qt5::Network)
 
 ecm_generate_headers(SyntaxHighlighting_HEADERS
     HEADER_NAMES