diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
index 532043365..916fe1960 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ else()
       # pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncurses panel)
       ensure_library_exists(ncurses)
       ensure_library_exists(panel)
-      set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES, ncurses panel)
+      set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES ncurses panel)
       message(STATUS "[ncurses] using library names without 'w' prefix")
     else()
       # pkg_check_modules fails on some systems, including OpenBSD.
       # pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncursesw panelw)
       ensure_library_exists(ncursesw)
       ensure_library_exists(panelw)
-      set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES, ncursesw panelw)
+      set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES ncursesw panelw)
       message(STATUS "[ncurses] using library names with 'w' prefix")
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(musikcube ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ${NCURSES_LIBRARIES} musikcore)