diff --git a/dll/win32/mciwave/CMakeLists.txt b/dll/win32/mciwave/CMakeLists.txt
index 67d30cfdcec..8d0384db1ba 100644
--- a/dll/win32/mciwave/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dll/win32/mciwave/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ include_directories(${REACTOS_SOURCE_DIR}/include/reactos/wine)
 
 spec2def(mciwave.dll mciwave.spec)
 
-add_library(mciwave SHARED mciwave.c mciwave.def)
-
-if(NOT MSVC)
-    set_source_files_properties(mciwave.def PROPERTIES EXTERNAL_OBJECT TRUE)
-endif()
+add_library(mciwave SHARED
+    mciwave.c
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mciwave.def)
 
 set_entrypoint(mciwave 0)
 
 target_link_libraries(mciwave wine)
+add_importlibs(mciwave user32 winmm msvcrt kernel32 ntdll)
 
-add_importlibs(mciwave winmm user32 msvcrt kernel32 ntdll)
 add_dependencies(mciwave psdk buildno_header)
 add_cab_target(mciwave 1)