diff --git a/cmake-proxies/libsndfile/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake-proxies/libsndfile/CMakeLists.txt
index 884a9b4f0..868c16d89 100644
--- a/cmake-proxies/libsndfile/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake-proxies/libsndfile/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ set( PACKAGE_VERSION ${VERSION} )
 try_compile( HAVE_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/famcheck.c
-   LINK_OPTIONS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
    OUTPUT_VARIABLE c_out
 )
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ try_compile( HAVE_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY
 try_run( r_rc c_rc
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/clipcheck.c
-   LINK_OPTIONS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
    RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE r_out
    COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE c_out
 )