diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
index 5e7db6c199..1d7e86722a 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ if(WITH_OPENGL)
     find_package (OpenGL QUIET)
     if(OPENGL_FOUND)
       set(HAVE_OPENGL TRUE)
-      list(APPEND OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
       if(QT_QTOPENGL_FOUND)
         set(HAVE_QT_OPENGL TRUE)
       else()
diff --git a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
index a84d7fc3ad..beba9f804e 100644
--- a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ ocv_create_module(${extra_libs})
 
 ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PRIVATE
     "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${OPENCL_LIBRARIES}" "${VA_LIBRARIES}"
+    "${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}"
     "${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}" "${CPUFEATURES_LIBRARIES}" "${HALIDE_LIBRARIES}"
     "${ITT_LIBRARIES}"
     "${OPENCV_HAL_LINKER_LIBS}"
diff --git a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index db16785dcc..6ae9586fd4 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ foreach(sample_filename ${cpp_samples})
   endif()
   if(HAVE_OPENGL AND sample_filename MATCHES "detect_mser")
     target_compile_definitions(${tgt} PRIVATE HAVE_OPENGL)
+    ocv_target_link_libraries(${tgt} PRIVATE "${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}")
   endif()
   if(sample_filename MATCHES "simd_")
     # disabled intentionally - demonstration purposes only
diff --git a/samples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e5d68dfe5..158151c300 100644
--- a/samples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if(BUILD_EXAMPLES AND OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
   endif()
   foreach(sample_filename ${all_samples})
     ocv_define_sample(tgt ${sample_filename} opengl)
-    ocv_target_link_libraries(${tgt} PRIVATE ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${OPENCV_OPENGL_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS})
+    ocv_target_link_libraries(${tgt} PRIVATE "${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}" "${OPENCV_OPENGL_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS}")
     if(sample_filename STREQUAL "opengl_interop.cpp")
       ocv_target_link_libraries(${tgt} PRIVATE ${X11_LIBRARIES})
       ocv_target_include_directories(${tgt} ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})