diff --git a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
index 8e8c6f4f2d..5223b1d0b6 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ if(BLA_PREFER_PKGCONFIG)
   find_package(PkgConfig)
   pkg_check_modules(PKGC_BLAS IMPORTED_TARGET blas)
   if(PKGC_BLAS_FOUND)
-    set(BLAS_LIBRARIES PkgConfig::PKGC_BLAS)
+    # FIXME: We should not interpret the INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES property
+    # because it could have generator expressions and such.  This is a
+    # workaround for pkg_check_modules not providing a first-class way to
+    # get the list of libraries.
+    get_property(BLAS_LIBRARIES TARGET PkgConfig::PKGC_BLAS PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
     find_package_handle_standard_args(BLAS
                                       REQUIRED_VARS BLAS_LIBRARIES
                                       VERSION_VAR PKGC_BLAS_VERSION)
diff --git a/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake b/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
index 952ca92658..415e914297 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ function(_pkg_create_imp_target _prefix _no_cmake_path _no_cmake_environment_pat
       AND ( ${_prefix}_INCLUDE_DIRS OR _libs OR ${_prefix}_CFLAGS_OTHER ))
     add_library(PkgConfig::${_prefix} INTERFACE IMPORTED)
 
-    unset(_props)
     if(${_prefix}_INCLUDE_DIRS)
       set_property(TARGET PkgConfig::${_prefix} PROPERTY
                    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${${_prefix}_INCLUDE_DIRS}")