diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 12dddd21cb8dd10341f864526397e84bec299518..c16472ef562312d9ced5fb63eeeee030a90e3bca 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -522,10 +522,9 @@ bool cmComputeLinkInformation::Compute()
   // libraries are found.
   const char* lss =
       this->Target->Target->GetProperty("LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC");
-  if(lss)
+  if(cmSystemTools::IsOn(lss))
     {
-    this->SetCurrentLinkType(
-      cmSystemTools::IsOn(lss) ? LinkStatic : LinkShared);
+    this->SetCurrentLinkType(LinkStatic);
     }
   else
     {
@@ -863,8 +862,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::ComputeLinkTypeInfo()
   const char* lss =
       this->Target->Target->GetProperty("LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC");
   this->StartLinkType = cmSystemTools::IsOn(lss)? LinkStatic : LinkShared;
-  this->CurrentLinkType = LinkUnknown;
-  this->SetCurrentLinkType(this->StartLinkType);
+  this->CurrentLinkType = this->StartLinkType;
 }
 
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