diff --git a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index 01dcd69b506d1e631db60747f6ee7a3ee992d16e..30cf5239189e619ab0946103d1986b9dae777812 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ if ("x_${USE_CONEX_C8}" STREQUAL "x_SYSTEM")
   message (STATUS "Using system-level CONEX version at ${CONEX_INCLUDE_DIR}")
   set_target_properties (
     C8::ext::conex PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CONEX_PREFIX}/lib/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}/libCONEXdynamic.a
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CONEX_LIBRARY}
     IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES dl
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CONEX_INCLUDE_DIR}
     )
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ else ()
 
   set_target_properties (
     C8::ext::conex PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CONEX_LIBRARY}
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CONEX_PREFIX}/lib/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}/libCONEXdynamic.a
     IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES dl
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
      $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CONEX_INCLUDE_DIR}>