diff --git a/CMake/FindGSS.cmake b/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
index 58da512b5f..e5787bba36 100644
--- a/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindGSS.cmake
@@ -265,12 +265,10 @@ if(GSS_FOUND)
   endif()
 
   if(NOT TARGET CURL::gss)
-    define_property(TARGET PROPERTY CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR BRIEF_DOCS "GSS flavour: GNU, MIT or Heimdal")
-
     add_library(CURL::gss INTERFACE IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(CURL::gss PROPERTIES
       INTERFACE_CURL_PC_MODULES "${_gss_pc_requires}"
-      CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR "${_gss_flavour}"
+      INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR "${_gss_flavour}"
       INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${_gss_CFLAGS}"
       INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_gss_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
       INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${_gss_LIBRARY_DIRS}"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f2b0c2dba..2f9e2c8a73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_GSSAPI)
   if(GSS_FOUND)
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "CURL::gss")
 
-    get_target_property(_gss_flavour "CURL::gss" CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR)
+    get_target_property(_gss_flavour "CURL::gss" INTERFACE_CURL_GSS_FLAVOUR)
 
     if(_gss_flavour STREQUAL "GNU")
       set(HAVE_GSSGNU 1)