diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
index 2dd178ea5e..74d14fd855 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function(z_vcpkg_configure_make_process_flags var_suffix)
         vcpkg_list(REMOVE_ITEM ${list} "Z_VCM_WRAP")
     endforeach()
 
-    # libtool tries to filter CFLAGS passed to the link stage via a whitelist.
+    # libtool tries to filter CFLAGS passed to the link stage via an allow-list.
     # This approach is flawed since it fails to pass flags unknown to libtool
     # but required for linking to the link stage (e.g. -fsanitize=<x>).
     # libtool has an -R option so we need to guard against -RTC by using -Xcompiler.