diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec1cfa782..0c5a72f00 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,0 +42,5 @@
+# revert CMake bug triggered by curl's defined max CMake policy version, see https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21288
+if(POLICY CMP0091)
+  cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 OLD)
+endif()
+
@@ -249,3 +254,6 @@
-  set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MTd")
+  foreach(build_suffix "" _DEBUG _RELEASE _MINSIZEREL _RELWITHDEBINFO)
+    set(flags_var CMAKE_C_FLAGS${build_suffix})
+    if("${${flags_var}}" MATCHES "/MD")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" ${flags_var} "${${flags_var}}")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 911c9096d..ba6af1bf1 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,4 +91,0 @@ add_library(
-if(MSVC AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS})
-endif()
-