diff --git a/test/app/CMakeLists.txt b/test/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 0da6378..e948791 100644
--- a/test/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ add_subdirectory(../.. pulp-nnx)
 if ($ENV{ACCELERATOR} STREQUAL ne16)
     get_target_property(PULP_NNX_SRCS pulp-nnx SOURCES)
     list(TRANSFORM PULP_NNX_SRCS PREPEND "../../")
-    target_sources(nnx_test_app PUBLIC ${PULP_NNX_SRCS})
+    target_sources(nnx_test_app PRIVATE ${PULP_NNX_SRCS})
 
     get_target_property(PULP_NNX_INC_DIRS pulp-nnx INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-    target_include_directories(nnx_test_app PUBLIC ${PULP_NNX_INC_DIRS})
+    target_include_directories(nnx_test_app PRIVATE ${PULP_NNX_INC_DIRS})
 
     add_compile_definitions(NNX_ACCELERATOR="ne16")
     add_compile_definitions(NNX_NE16)
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ if ($ENV{ACCELERATOR} STREQUAL ne16)
 elseif ($ENV{ACCELERATOR} STREQUAL neureka)
     include(cmake/pulp-sdk-siracusa.cmake)
 
-    get_target_property(PULP_SDK_INC_DIRS pulp-sdk INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-    message(STATUS ${PULP_SDK_INC_DIRS})
+    target_include_directories(nnx_test_app PRIVATE ${PULP_SDK_INCLUDES})
+    target_compile_options(nnx_test_app PRIVATE ${PULP_SDK_COMPILE_FLAGS})
 
-    target_include_directories(nnx_test_app PUBLIC ${PULP_SDK_INCLUDES})
-    target_compile_options(nnx_test_app PUBLIC ${PULP_SDK_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+    target_include_directories(pulp-nnx PRIVATE ${PULP_SDK_INCLUDES})
+    target_compile_options(pulp-nnx PRIVATE ${PULP_SDK_COMPILE_FLAGS})
 
     target_link_libraries(nnx_test_app PUBLIC pulp-nnx pulp-sdk)