diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 877f8d3e44..e038f4d619 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ option(INSTALL_LIB "Install lammps library and header" ON)
 if(NOT INSTALL_LIB AND ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OR BUILD_SHARED_PKG_LIBS ) )
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Shared libs need to be installed, enable install with -DINSTALL_LIB=ON")
 endif()
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OR BUILD_SHARED_PKG_LIBS)
+  set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS)
@@ -71,9 +74,6 @@ else()
   else()
     add_library(mpi_stubs STATIC ${MPI_SOURCES})
   endif()
-  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set_target_properties(mpi_stubs PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-  endif()
   include_directories(${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/STUBS)
   list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS mpi_stubs)
 endif()
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ if(ENABLE_MSCG OR ENABLE_USER-ATC OR ENABLE_USER-AWPMD OR ENABLE_USER-QUIP)
     else()
       add_library(linalg STATIC ${LAPACK_SOURCES})
     endif()
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set_target_properties(linalg PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    endif()
     include(CheckFortranCompilerFlag)
     check_Fortran_compiler_flag("-fno-second-underscore" FC_HAS_NO_SECOND_UNDERSCORE)
     if(FC_HAS_NO_SECOND_UNDERSCORE)
@@ -324,9 +321,6 @@ if(ENABLE_MSCG)
   else()
     add_library(mscg STATIC ${MSCG_SOURCES})
   endif()
-  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set_target_properties(mscg PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-  endif()
   list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS mscg)
   target_compile_options(mscg PRIVATE -DDIMENSION=3 -D_exclude_gromacs=1)
   target_include_directories(mscg PUBLIC ${LAMMPS_LIB_MSCG_BIN_DIR})
@@ -396,9 +390,6 @@ foreach(SIMPLE_LIB REAX MEAM POEMS USER-ATC USER-AWPMD USER-COLVARS USER-H5MD
     else()
       add_library(${PKG_LIB} STATIC ${${PKG_LIB}_SOURCES})
     endif()
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set_target_properties(${PKG_LIB} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    endif()
     list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PKG_LIB})
     if(PKG_LIB STREQUAL awpmd)
       target_include_directories(awpmd PUBLIC ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/awpmd/systems/interact ${LAMMPS_LIB_SOURCE_DIR}/awpmd/ivutils/include)