diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca382e504..94a529d70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ add_subdirectory (test)
 
 ## executables
 add_library (__t9_main_o OBJECT src/main.cc)
-target_link_libraries (__t9_main_o PRIVATE __t9_intf PRIVATE tinkerFToCpp)
+target_link_libraries (__t9_main_o PRIVATE __t9_intf tinkerFToCpp)
 set_target_properties (__t9_main_o PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD ${T9_CPPSTD})
 ## tinker9 and all.tests
 list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
diff --git a/include/math/libfunc.h b/include/math/libfunc.h
index 223d47345..e6dbce893 100644
--- a/include/math/libfunc.h
+++ b/include/math/libfunc.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ extern "C"
 #   endif
 
 #   if TINKER_REAL_SIZE == 4
-#      define REAL_ABS std::fabsf
+// Bug. Cannot use std::fabsf. See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79700
+#      define REAL_ABS ::fabsf
 #   endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f20c6e8e..a71e733cb 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cudart/thrustcache.cpp
    )
 endif ()
 add_library (tinker9_cpp STATIC "${__T9_CPP_SRC}")
-target_link_libraries (tinker9_cpp PRIVATE __t9_intf PRIVATE tinkerFToCpp)
+target_link_libraries (tinker9_cpp PRIVATE __t9_intf tinkerFToCpp)
 set_target_properties (tinker9_cpp PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD ${T9_CPPSTD})
 
 add_library (tinker9_version OBJECT
diff --git a/src/acc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/acc/CMakeLists.txt
index 234e68826..dcb4d4a02 100644
--- a/src/acc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/acc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.18)
 ## libtinker9_acc.a
 include (cmakesrc.txt)
 add_library (tinker9_acc STATIC "${__T9_ACC_SRC}")
-target_link_libraries (tinker9_acc PRIVATE __t9_intf PRIVATE tinkerFToCpp)
+target_link_libraries (tinker9_acc PRIVATE __t9_intf tinkerFToCpp)
 set_target_properties (tinker9_acc PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD ${T9_CPPSTD})
 
 
diff --git a/src/cu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cu/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c48d6fc7..ca10964c7 100644
--- a/src/cu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set_target_properties (tinker9_cu
       CUDA_ARCHITECTURES          "${T9_CUCCLIST}"
 )
 target_include_directories (tinker9_cu PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/syntax/cu")
-target_link_libraries (tinker9_cu PRIVATE __t9_intf PRIVATE tinkerFToCpp)
+target_link_libraries (tinker9_cu PRIVATE __t9_intf tinkerFToCpp)
 target_link_libraries (tinker9_cu PUBLIC cufft cublas)
 
 # ## -gencode arch=compute_60,code=sm_60 -gencode arch=compute_70,code=sm_70
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d620b4fa..98b0d4666 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.18)
 ## test files
 include (cmakesrc.txt)
 add_library (__t9_all_tests_o OBJECT ${__T9_TEST_SRC})
-target_link_libraries (__t9_all_tests_o PRIVATE __t9_intf PRIVATE tinkerFToCpp)
+target_link_libraries (__t9_all_tests_o PRIVATE __t9_intf tinkerFToCpp)
 set_target_properties (__t9_all_tests_o PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD ${T9_CPPSTD})
 if (14 LESS_EQUAL ${T9_CPPSTD})
    find_package (Catch2 PATHS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/catch2")