diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34caee3a2f..f93a082f11 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@ macro(curl_openssl_check_exists)
       list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ZLIB::ZLIB)
     endif()
     if(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
-      list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "${_win32_winsock}")
       list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "bcrypt")  # for OpenSSL/LibreSSL
     endif()
   endif()
@@ -1036,11 +1035,11 @@ macro(curl_openssl_check_exists)
     if(HAVE_LIBZ)
       list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ZLIB::ZLIB)  # Public wolfSSL headers also require zlib headers
     endif()
-    if(WIN32)
-      list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "${_win32_winsock}" "${_win32_crypt32}")
-    endif()
     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-DHAVE_UINTPTR_T")  # to pull in stdint.h (as of wolfSSL v5.5.4)
   endif()
+  if(WIN32)
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "${_win32_winsock}" "${_win32_crypt32}")  # for OpenSSL/wolfSSL
+  endif()
   if(${ARGC} EQUAL 2)
     check_function_exists(${ARGN})
   else()