diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0783b9be6c..d6ef685bd8 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ endif()
 # are already loaded) and probably fail unless we set up LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
   # import library created by the `leanshared` target
-  set(LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} $bindir/libleanshared.dll.a")
+  set(LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -lleanshared")
 elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Darwin")
   set(LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEANC_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-undefined,dynamic_lookup")
 endif()
@@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
 else()
   set(LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--whole-archive -lInit -lStd -lLean -lleancpp -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/libleanrt_initial-exec.a ${LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
   if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-    set(LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--out-implib,${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/libleanshared.dll.a")
-    set(LEANC_EXTRA_FLAGS "${LEANC_EXTRA_FLAGS} -L$bindir")
+    set(LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEANSHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--out-implib,${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/lean/libleanshared.dll.a")
   endif()
 endif()