diff --git a/programs/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index f0e5705..fd55e31 100644
--- a/programs/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,20 +32,24 @@
 
 foreach(exe IN LISTS executables_no_common_c executables_with_common_c)
 
-    add_executable(${exe} ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>)
-
-    if (NOT FUZZINGENGINE_LIB)
-        target_link_libraries(${exe} ${libs})
-        set_property(TARGET ${exe} APPEND PROPERTY SOURCES onefile.c)
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(${exe} ${libs} FuzzingEngine)
-        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${exe} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
+    set(exe_sources ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>)
+    if(NOT FUZZINGENGINE_LIB)
+        list(APPEND exe_sources onefile.c)
     endif()
 
     # This emulates "if ( ... IN_LIST ... )" which becomes available in CMake 3.3
     list(FIND executables_with_common_c ${exe} exe_index)
-    if (${exe_index} GREATER -1)
-        set_property(TARGET ${exe} APPEND PROPERTY SOURCES common.c)
+    if(${exe_index} GREATER -1)
+        list(APPEND exe_sources common.c)
+    endif()
+
+    add_executable(${exe} ${exe_sources})
+
+    if (NOT FUZZINGENGINE_LIB)
+        target_link_libraries(${exe} ${libs})
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(${exe} ${libs} FuzzingEngine)
+        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${exe} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
     endif()
 
 endforeach()
diff --git a/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
index e4038f7..dfc16a5 100644
--- a/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 )
 
 foreach(exe IN LISTS executables)
-    add_executable(${exe} ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>)
+    set(extra_sources "")
+    if(exe STREQUAL "ssl_client2" OR exe STREQUAL "ssl_server2")
+        list(APPEND extra_sources
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../test/query_config.c)
+    endif()
+    add_executable(${exe} ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>
+        ${extra_sources})
     target_link_libraries(${exe} ${libs})
     target_include_directories(${exe} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../tests/include)
 endforeach()
diff --git a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 49b44e7..2b1e61e 100644
--- a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
 endif()
 
 foreach(exe IN LISTS executables_libs executables_mbedcrypto)
-    add_executable(${exe} ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>)
+    set(extra_sources "")
+    if(exe STREQUAL "query_compile_time_config")
+        list(APPEND extra_sources
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/query_config.c)
+    endif()
+    add_executable(${exe} ${exe}.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mbedtls_test>
+        ${extra_sources})
 
     # This emulates "if ( ... IN_LIST ... )" which becomes available in CMake 3.3
     list(FIND executables_libs ${exe} exe_index)
@@ -37,9 +43,6 @@
     endif()
 endforeach()
 
-set_property(TARGET query_compile_time_config APPEND PROPERTY SOURCES
-             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/query_config.c)
-
 install(TARGETS ${executables_libs} ${executables_mbedcrypto}
         DESTINATION "bin"
         PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)