diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index f4a1750e9..d39724fac 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ macro(configurePackingResources)
     if (WIN32)
         set(APPLICATION_TYPE)
         set(IMHEX_ICON "${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/resources/resource.rc")
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,-subsystem,windows")
 
         if (CREATE_PACKAGE)
diff --git a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
index 2490d3a75..0c3ac565b 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ else()
     set(MAGIC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MAGIC_INCLUDEDIR})
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
-
-if (WIN32)
-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--export-all-symbols")
-endif()
-
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
 
 set(LIBIMHEX_SOURCES
@@ -160,6 +154,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(IMHEX_PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}")
 add_library(libimhex SHARED ${LIBIMHEX_SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(libimhex PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 setupCompilerWarnings(libimhex)
+target_link_options(libimhex PRIVATE -Wl,--export-all-symbols)
 
 target_include_directories(libimhex PUBLIC include ${XDGPP_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CAPSTONE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MAGIC_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${FMT_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${YARA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_directories(libimhex PUBLIC ${MBEDTLS_LIBRARY_DIR} ${CAPSTONE_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${MAGIC_LIBRARY_DIRS})