diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index c5325e20f1..109a65cd75 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ function(ocv_add_perf_tests)
     __ocv_parse_test_sources(PERF ${ARGN})
 
     # opencv_imgcodecs is required for imread/imwrite
-    set(perf_deps ${the_module} opencv_ts opencv_imgcodecs ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_ts_DEPS})
+    set(perf_deps opencv_ts ${the_module} opencv_imgcodecs ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_ts_DEPS})
     ocv_check_dependencies(${perf_deps})
 
     if(OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ function(ocv_add_perf_tests)
 
       ocv_add_executable(${the_target} ${OPENCV_PERF_${the_module}_SOURCES} ${${the_target}_pch})
       ocv_target_include_modules(${the_target} ${perf_deps} "${perf_path}")
-      ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${perf_deps} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS})
+      ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${perf_deps} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS})
       add_dependencies(opencv_perf_tests ${the_target})
 
       # Additional target properties
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ function(ocv_add_accuracy_tests)
     __ocv_parse_test_sources(TEST ${ARGN})
 
     # opencv_imgcodecs is required for imread/imwrite
-    set(test_deps ${the_module} opencv_ts opencv_imgcodecs opencv_videoio ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_ts_DEPS})
+    set(test_deps opencv_ts ${the_module} opencv_imgcodecs opencv_videoio ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_ts_DEPS})
     ocv_check_dependencies(${test_deps})
     if(OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
       set(the_target "opencv_test_${name}")
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ function(ocv_add_accuracy_tests)
 
       ocv_add_executable(${the_target} ${OPENCV_TEST_${the_module}_SOURCES} ${${the_target}_pch})
       ocv_target_include_modules(${the_target} ${test_deps} "${test_path}")
-      ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${test_deps} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS})
+      ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${test_deps} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS})
       add_dependencies(opencv_tests ${the_target})
 
       # Additional target properties