diff --git a/CMake/Macros.cmake b/CMake/Macros.cmake
index 7e48271d02..18a601fd75 100644
--- a/CMake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Macros.cmake
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ macro(curl_collect_target_options _target)
       if(TARGET "${_lib}")
         get_target_property(_val ${_lib} INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
         if(_val)
-          list(APPEND _includes_l ${_val})
+          list(APPEND _includes ${_val})
         endif()
         get_target_property(_val ${_lib} INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
         if(_val)
-          list(APPEND _includes_l ${_val})
+          list(APPEND _includes ${_val})
         endif()
         get_target_property(_val ${_lib} COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
         if(_val)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ macro(curl_add_clang_tidy_test_target _target_clang_tidy _target)
   if(CURL_CLANG_TIDY)
 
     # Collect header directories and macro definitions from lib dependencies
-    set(_includes_l "")
+    set(_includes "")
     set(_definitions "")
     curl_collect_target_options(${_target})
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ macro(curl_add_clang_tidy_test_target _target_clang_tidy _target)
     get_directory_property(_includes_d INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
     get_target_property(_includes_t ${_target} INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
 
-    set(_includes "${_includes_l};${_includes_d};${_includes_t}")
+    set(_includes "${_includes};${_includes_d};${_includes_t}")
     list(REMOVE_ITEM _includes "")
     string(REPLACE ";" ";-I" _includes ";${_includes}")