diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 66cbbd52e..a8b9d41e4 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,13 +230,8 @@ else()
     )
     target_link_libraries(zstd_seekable PUBLIC libzstd_static)
 
-    target_link_libraries(libzstd_static INTERFACE zstd_seekable)
-
-    add_library(zstd ALIAS libzstd_static)
-
-    install(TARGETS zstd_seekable
-        EXPORT zstdExports
-    )
+    add_library(zstd INTERFACE)
+    target_link_libraries(zstd INTERFACE libzstd_static zstd_seekable)
 endif()
 
 # ENet