diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index 91d11acba2..d5ec8cf4fb 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
                 else()
                     get_target_property(dep_name ${dep} OUTPUT_NAME)
                 endif()
-                set(dep_name "-l${dep_name}")
             else()
                 get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
             endif()
-            wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
+            wx_string_append(${var} "-l${dep_name} ")
         endforeach()
         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
     endif()
@@ -153,10 +152,14 @@ function(wx_write_config)
         set(WXCONFIG_CFLAGS "-pthread")
         set(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS "-pthread")
     endif()
-    set(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS "-DWXUSINGDLL")
+    set(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS)
+    if(wxBUILD_SHARED)
+        wx_string_append(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS " -DWXUSINGDLL")
+    endif()
     foreach(flag IN LISTS wxTOOLKIT_DEFINITIONS)
         wx_string_append(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS " -D${flag}")
     endforeach()
+    string(STRIP "${WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS}" WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS)
     set(WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS ${WXCONFIG_CFLAGS})
     set(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI)
     set(WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS)