diff --git a/CMake/Utilities.cmake b/CMake/Utilities.cmake
index efa28b7515..7d2c8328e1 100644
--- a/CMake/Utilities.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Utilities.cmake
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ function(curl_dumptargetprops _target)
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _cmake_property_list)
     list(REMOVE_ITEM _cmake_property_list "")
     list(APPEND _cmake_property_list "INTERFACE_LIBCURL_PC_MODULES")
+    get_target_property(_target_type ${_target} TYPE)
+    if(NOT _target_type MATCHES "(INTERFACE_LIBRARY|UNKNOWN_LIBRARY)")
+      list(REMOVE_ITEM _cmake_property_list "LOCATION" "LOCATION_<CONFIG>" "MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION" "VS_DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION")
+    endif()
     foreach(_prop IN LISTS _cmake_property_list)
       if(_prop MATCHES "<CONFIG>")
         foreach(_config IN ITEMS "DEBUG" "RELEASE" "MINSIZEREL" "RELWITHDEBINFO")