diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0eb94500b..ae7b46e690 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -314,16 +314,16 @@ endif()
 option(CURL_CODE_COVERAGE "Enable code coverage build options" OFF)
 if(CURL_CODE_COVERAGE)
   set(CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS "")
-  set(CURL_CFLAGS_COVERAGE "")
-  set(CURL_LIBS_COVERAGE "")
+  set(CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "")
+  set(CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS "")
   if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS "NDEBUG")
-    list(APPEND CURL_CFLAGS_COVERAGE "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-arcs" "-ftest-coverage")
-    list(APPEND CURL_LIBS_COVERAGE "gcov")
+    list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-arcs" "-ftest-coverage")
+    list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS "gcov")
   elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS "NDEBUG")
-    list(APPEND CURL_CFLAGS_COVERAGE "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-arcs" "-ftest-coverage")
-    list(APPEND CURL_LIBS_COVERAGE "llvm-gcov")
+    list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS "-O0" "-g" "-fprofile-arcs" "-ftest-coverage")
+    list(APPEND CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS "llvm-gcov")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${CURL_NETWORK_AND_TIME_LIBS} ${CURL_LIBS_COVERAGE})
+list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${CURL_NETWORK_AND_TIME_LIBS} ${CURL_COVERAGE_LIBS})
 
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")  # MSVC but exclude clang-cl
   set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS "-MP")  # Parallel compilation
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1abbad362c..da6ddbe447 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 set(LIBCURL_OUTPUT_NAME "${LIB_NAME}" CACHE STRING "Basename of the curl library")
 
 set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${CURL_DEBUG_MACROS} ${CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS} "BUILDING_LIBCURL")
-set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS ${CURL_CFLAGS_COVERAGE})
+set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS ${CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS})
 
 configure_file("curl_config.h.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/curl_config.h")
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d59802ad9..d35667b12a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ###########################################################################
 
 set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${CURL_DEBUG_MACROS} ${CURL_COVERAGE_MACROS})
-set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS ${CURL_CFLAGS_COVERAGE})
+set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS ${CURL_COVERAGE_CFLAGS})
 
 set(_curl_cfiles_gen "")
 set(_curl_hfiles_gen "")