diff --git a/cmake/macros/IncludeDependencyIncludes.cmake b/cmake/macros/IncludeDependencyIncludes.cmake
index cc2e5ca121..4474bdc53a 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/IncludeDependencyIncludes.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/IncludeDependencyIncludes.cmake
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ macro(INCLUDE_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
     # include those in our own target
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES})
 
-    list(LENGTH ${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES NUM_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
-    if(NUM_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES STRGREATER 0)
-      # set the property on this target so it can be retreived by targets linking to us
-      set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES "${${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES}")
-    endif ()
+    # set the property on this target so it can be retreived by targets linking to us
+    set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES "${${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES}")
   endif()
 endmacro(INCLUDE_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/macros/LinkHifiLibraries.cmake b/cmake/macros/LinkHifiLibraries.cmake
index 7d3aff0e78..ef0c8321c6 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/LinkHifiLibraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/LinkHifiLibraries.cmake
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ macro(LINK_HIFI_LIBRARIES)
     get_target_property(LINKED_TARGET_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES ${HIFI_LIBRARY} DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
 
     if(LINKED_TARGET_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
-      list(LENGTH LINKED_TARGET_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES NUM_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES)
-      if(NUM_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES STRGREATER 0)
-        list(APPEND ${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES ${LINKED_TARGET_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES})
-      endif()
+      list(APPEND ${TARGET_NAME}_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES ${LINKED_TARGET_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES})
     endif()
   endforeach()