diff --git a/CMake/Macros.cmake b/CMake/Macros.cmake
index e12bf303f4..7ad2f5c40f 100644
--- a/CMake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Macros.cmake
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@
 ###########################################################################
 #File defines convenience macros for available feature testing
 
-# This macro checks if the symbol exists in the library and if it
-# does, it prepends library to the list.  It is intended to be called
-# multiple times with a sequence of possibly dependent libraries in
-# order of least-to-most-dependent.  Some libraries depend on others
-# to link correctly.
-macro(check_library_exists_concat LIBRARY SYMBOL VARIABLE)
-  check_library_exists("${LIBRARY};${CURL_LIBS}" ${SYMBOL} "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-    ${VARIABLE})
-  if(${VARIABLE})
-    set(CURL_LIBS ${LIBRARY} ${CURL_LIBS})
-  endif()
-endmacro()
-
 # Check if header file exists and add it to the list.
 # This macro is intended to be called multiple times with a sequence of
 # possibly dependent header files.  Some headers depend on others to be
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b19c681d2..ced0e2683c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,10 @@ if(ENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER)
 endif()
 
 # Check for all needed libraries
-check_library_exists_concat("socket" connect      HAVE_LIBSOCKET)
+check_library_exists("socket" "connect" "" HAVE_LIBSOCKET)
+if(HAVE_LIBSOCKET)
+  set(CURL_LIBS "socket;${CURL_LIBS}")
+endif()
 
 check_function_exists(gethostname HAVE_GETHOSTNAME)
 
@@ -751,8 +754,12 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_LDAP)
   if(NOT USE_WIN32_LDAP)
     # Check for LDAP
     set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
-    check_library_exists_concat(${CMAKE_LDAP_LIB} ldap_init HAVE_LIBLDAP)
-    check_library_exists_concat(${CMAKE_LBER_LIB} ber_init HAVE_LIBLBER)
+    check_library_exists("${CMAKE_LDAP_LIB}" "ldap_init" "" HAVE_LIBLDAP)
+    if(HAVE_LIBLDAP)
+      check_library_exists("${CMAKE_LDAP_LIB};${CMAKE_LBER_LIB}" "ber_init" "" HAVE_LIBLBER)
+    else()
+      check_library_exists("${CMAKE_LBER_LIB}" "ber_init" "" HAVE_LIBLBER)
+    endif()
 
     set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES_BAK ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES})
     set(CMAKE_LDAP_INCLUDE_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Path to LDAP include directory")
@@ -791,8 +798,10 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_LDAP)
 
       list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS -DLDAP_DEPRECATED=1)
       list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_LDAP_LIB})
+      set(CURL_LIBS "${CMAKE_LDAP_LIB};${CURL_LIBS}")
       if(HAVE_LIBLBER)
         list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_LBER_LIB})
+        set(CURL_LIBS "${CMAKE_LBER_LIB};${CURL_LIBS}")
       endif()
 
       check_c_source_compiles("
@@ -839,7 +848,10 @@ endif()
 # Check for idn2
 option(USE_LIBIDN2 "Use libidn2 for IDN support" ON)
 if(USE_LIBIDN2)
-  check_library_exists_concat("idn2" idn2_lookup_ul HAVE_LIBIDN2)
+  check_library_exists("idn2" "idn2_lookup_ul" "" HAVE_LIBIDN2)
+  if(HAVE_LIBIDN2)
+    set(CURL_LIBS "idn2;${CURL_LIBS}")
+  endif()
 else()
   set(HAVE_LIBIDN2 OFF)
 endif()