diff --git a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
index 4f207c805638c8b2789b28123e493f768b991052..33f16a8c86e34d1dcf4f175f1bf786c5ecb16218 100644
--- a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if(NOT rv STREQUAL "0")
     message("OpenBLAS build: cmake --build: ${rv}")
 endif()
 
-set_target_properties(openblas PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS)
 add_subdirectory(${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH})
 
 find_package(OpenBLAS)