diff --git a/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake b/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
index ba99a00a67..8501773e7d 100644
--- a/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ gdal_check_package(CURL "Enable drivers to use web API" CAN_DISABLE RECOMMENDED
 
 gdal_check_package(Iconv "Character set recoding (used in GDAL portability library)" CAN_DISABLE)
 if (Iconv_FOUND)
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${Iconv_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${Iconv_LIBRARY})
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES Iconv::Iconv)
 
   set(ICONV_CONST_TEST_CODE
       "#include <stdlib.h>