diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c534eaf7..93331fcfa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT NO_X11)
 endif()
 if (WIN32)
     add_definitions(-DW7API)
-    find_package(Qt6 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS WinExtras)
 
     # taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/40217291
     macro(get_WIN32_WINNT version)
diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index faae040a1..b484e940d 100644
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -620,10 +620,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     install(TARGETS FalkonPrivate ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP)
 endif()
 
-if (WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(FalkonPrivate Qt::WinExtras)
-endif()
-
 if (APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(FalkonPrivate "-framework CoreServices -framework AppKit")
 endif()