diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92dce9a4..44417cc4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -218,12 +218,14 @@ endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
   list(APPEND QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5MacExtras)
+endif()
 
+if(UNIX)
   if(NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH AND DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
     message(STATUS "Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable: '$ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}'")
     set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
   endif()
-  if(NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
+  if(APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
     execute_process(COMMAND brew --prefix qt5 OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT5_DIR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${QT5_DIR})
   endif()
@@ -269,15 +271,12 @@ if(QT5_PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
     set(QT5_PKG_CONFIG "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_STATIC")
   endif()
 
-  if(APPLE)
-    list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER)
-    list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES)
-    list(JOIN ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS " " ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-
+  if(UNIX)
     # temporal workaround for https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-80922
     STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER}")
     STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES}")
     STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    STRING(REPLACE "${QT5_PKG_CONFIG_Qt5Core_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARY_DIRS "${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
   endif()
 
   set(QT5_LIBRARIES ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LIBRARIES} ${${QT5_PKG_CONFIG}_LDFLAGS_OTHER})