diff --git a/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake b/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
index 0b3dd9431..7a10eb253 100644
--- a/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ macro(plugin_add _name)
                  SUFFIX ".so")
     target_compile_definitions(
       ${PLUGIN_NAME}_plugin
-      PRIVATE
-      "JANA_VERSION_MAJOR=${JANA_VERSION_MAJOR}"
-      "JANA_VERSION_MINOR=${JANA_VERSION_MINOR}"
-      "JANA_VERSION_PATCH=${JANA_VERSION_PATCH}")
+      PRIVATE "JANA_VERSION_MAJOR=${JANA_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+              "JANA_VERSION_MINOR=${JANA_VERSION_MINOR}"
+              "JANA_VERSION_PATCH=${JANA_VERSION_PATCH}")
     target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin ${JANA_LIB} podio::podio
                           podio::podioRootIO spdlog::spdlog fmt::fmt)
     target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin Microsoft.GSL::GSL)
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@ macro(plugin_add _name)
                  SUFFIX ${suffix})
     target_compile_definitions(
       ${PLUGIN_NAME}_library
-      PRIVATE
-      "JANA_VERSION_MAJOR=${JANA_VERSION_MAJOR}"
-      "JANA_VERSION_MINOR=${JANA_VERSION_MINOR}"
-      "JANA_VERSION_PATCH=${JANA_VERSION_PATCH}")
+      PRIVATE "JANA_VERSION_MAJOR=${JANA_VERSION_MAJOR}"
+              "JANA_VERSION_MINOR=${JANA_VERSION_MINOR}"
+              "JANA_VERSION_PATCH=${JANA_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
     target_include_directories(
       ${_name}_library