diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 39aebd5f48..cf7b047286 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1167,6 +1167,8 @@ add_library(core STATIC
     tools/renderdoc.cpp
     tools/renderdoc.h)
 
+# httplib must be linked before anything because openssl-external
+target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE httplib::httplib)
 if (ENABLE_WIFI_SCAN)
     target_sources(core PRIVATE internal_network/wifi_scanner.cpp)
     if (PLATFORM_LINUX)
@@ -1220,7 +1222,7 @@ target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE
     RenderDoc::API
     ZLIB::ZLIB)
 
-target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC httplib::httplib zstd::zstd)
+target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC zstd::zstd)
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     target_compile_definitions(core PUBLIC ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
diff --git a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e11139f6d..ec58d00da3 100644
--- a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ add_library(web_service STATIC
 
 create_target_directory_groups(web_service)
 target_include_directories(web_service PUBLIC ${cpp-jwt_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE common network nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib::httplib cpp-jwt::cpp-jwt)
+target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE httplib::httplib common network nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json cpp-jwt::cpp-jwt)
 target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)