diff --git a/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
index a0b190faabc407a983540808609a357980e53984..22a498422aef0e2f5e41fa1f49ab766f5c9380a1 100644
--- a/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if(CLANG_ORDER_FILE AND (LD64_EXECUTABLE OR GOLD_EXECUTABLE))
   if("${ORDER_FILE}" STREQUAL "\n")
     set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY CMAKE_CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${CLANG_ORDER_FILE})
   elseif(LINKER_ORDER_FILE_WORKS)
-    target_link_libraries(clang ${LINKER_ORDER_FILE_OPTION})
+    target_link_libraries(clang PRIVATE ${LINKER_ORDER_FILE_OPTION})
     set_target_properties(clang PROPERTIES LINK_DEPENDS ${CLANG_ORDER_FILE})
   endif()
 endif()