diff --git a/src/examples/InteractiveStreamingExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/InteractiveStreamingExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f12c0213..8b58400d6 100644
--- a/src/examples/InteractiveStreamingExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/InteractiveStreamingExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ if (${USE_ROOT} AND ${USE_ZEROMQ})
         SOURCES ${InteractiveStreamingExample_SOURCES}
         PUBLIC_HEADER ${InteractiveStreamingExample_HEADERS})
 
-    target_include_directories(InteractiveStreamingExample PUBLIC ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ZeroMQ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(InteractiveStreamingExample PUBLIC ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_include_directories(InteractiveStreamingExample PUBLIC ${ZeroMQ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(InteractiveStreamingExample PUBLIC ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES})
 
 else()
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
index 552d7eeab..e7c59008a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ add_library(jana2 OBJECT ${JANA2_SOURCES})
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-target_link_libraries(jana2 ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
 
 if (${USE_PODIO})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2 podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
 elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2 ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ add_library(jana2_static_lib STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:jana2>)
 set_target_properties(jana2_static_lib PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib" OUTPUT_NAME "JANA")
 
 target_include_directories(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
-target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
 
 if (${USE_PODIO})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
 elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 install(TARGETS jana2_static_lib EXPORT jana2_targets DESTINATION lib)
 
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set_target_properties(jana2_shared_lib PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib" OUTPUT_NAME "JANA")
 
     target_include_directories(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
 
     if (${USE_PODIO})
-        target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
     elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-        target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+        target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
 
     install(TARGETS jana2_shared_lib EXPORT jana2_targets DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 7587211d9..069998b5a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ add_jana_plugin(JTest)
 add_test(NAME jana-plugin-jtest-tests
     COMMAND jana -Pplugins=JTest -Pjana:nevents=20)
 
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(JTest PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/janarate/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/janarate/CMakeLists.txt
index b0f7be996..813bed96b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/janarate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/janarate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ if (${USE_ROOT})
 
     add_jana_plugin(janarate)
 
-    target_include_directories(janarate PUBLIC ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(janarate PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
-
 else()
     message(STATUS "Skipping plugins/janarate because USE_ROOT=Off")
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/janaview/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/janaview/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d0d4fcc9..5a1c5943a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/janaview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/janaview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ if(USE_ROOT)
         PUBLIC_HEADER ${JANAVIEW_HEADERS}
     )
 
-    target_include_directories(janaview PUBLIC ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(janaview PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
-
-    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(janaview PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
-
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libjv_mainframe_rdict.pcm DESTINATION lib/JANA/plugins)
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libjv_mainframe.rootmap DESTINATION lib/JANA/plugins)
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/regressiontest/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/regressiontest/CMakeLists.txt
index a6dc0489d..d74e52382 100644
--- a/src/plugins/regressiontest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/regressiontest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ add_jana_plugin(regressiontest
     SOURCES JEventProcessor_regressiontest.cc 
     PUBLIC_HEADER JEventProcessor_regressiontest.h)
 
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(regressiontest PUBLIC Threads::Threads)