diff --git a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/CMakeLists.txt b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/CMakeLists.txt
index 121d697fd8e..acfa48395e5 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endif()
 if (HERMES_ENABLE_BITCODE)
   list(APPEND jsi_compile_flags "-fembed-bitcode")
 endif ()
-target_compile_options(jsi PUBLIC ${jsi_compile_flags})
+target_compile_options(jsi PRIVATE ${jsi_compile_flags})
 
 install(DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/API/jsi/" DESTINATION include
   FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"