diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2550f0d5..079d2063 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ if(MI_BUILD_SHARED)
   set_target_properties(mimalloc PROPERTIES VERSION ${mi_version} SOVERSION ${mi_version_major} OUTPUT_NAME ${mi_basename} )
   target_compile_definitions(mimalloc PRIVATE ${mi_defines} MI_SHARED_LIB MI_SHARED_LIB_EXPORT)
   target_compile_options(mimalloc PRIVATE ${mi_cflags})
-  target_link_libraries(mimalloc PUBLIC ${mi_libraries})
+  target_link_libraries(mimalloc PRIVATE ${mi_libraries})
   target_include_directories(mimalloc PUBLIC
       $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
       $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${mi_install_incdir}>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ if (MI_BUILD_STATIC)
   set_property(TARGET mimalloc-static PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   target_compile_definitions(mimalloc-static PRIVATE ${mi_defines} MI_STATIC_LIB)
   target_compile_options(mimalloc-static PRIVATE ${mi_cflags})
-  target_link_libraries(mimalloc-static PUBLIC ${mi_libraries})
+  target_link_libraries(mimalloc-static PRIVATE ${mi_libraries})
   target_include_directories(mimalloc-static PUBLIC
       $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
       $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${mi_install_incdir}>
diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index e733edca..6af43b50 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_malloc_small(size_t si
 }
 
 // The main allocation function
-inline void* _mi_heap_malloc_zero_ex(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size, bool zero, size_t huge_alignment) mi_attr_noexcept {
+extern inline void* _mi_heap_malloc_zero_ex(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size, bool zero, size_t huge_alignment) mi_attr_noexcept {
   if mi_likely(size <= MI_SMALL_SIZE_MAX) {
     mi_assert_internal(huge_alignment == 0);
     return mi_heap_malloc_small_zero(heap, size, zero);