diff --git a/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_A/CMakeLists.txt b/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_A/CMakeLists.txt
index 574bccf067..cdd29d79f4 100644
--- a/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_A/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_A/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020-2021 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-add_library(mbed-cmsis-cortex-a OBJECT)
+add_library(mbed-cmsis-cortex-a INTERFACE)
 
 target_include_directories(mbed-cmsis-cortex-a
-    PUBLIC
+    INTERFACE
         Include
 )
 
 target_sources(mbed-cmsis-cortex-a
-    PRIVATE
+    INTERFACE
         Source/irq_ctrl_gic.c
 )
diff --git a/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_M/CMakeLists.txt b/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_M/CMakeLists.txt
index fb7f597c1a..b944fe4247 100644
--- a/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_M/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmsis/CMSIS_5/CMSIS/TARGET_CORTEX_M/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020-2021 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-add_library(mbed-cmsis-cortex-m OBJECT)
+add_library(mbed-cmsis-cortex-m INTERFACE)
 
 target_include_directories(mbed-cmsis-cortex-m
-    PUBLIC
+    INTERFACE
         Include
 )
 
 target_sources(mbed-cmsis-cortex-m
-    PRIVATE
+    INTERFACE
         Source/mbed_tz_context.c
 )