diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 039318f..4f5e882 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ add_compile_options(
 message(STATUS "Checking deps...")
 add_subdirectory(hyprland-share-picker)
 
+find_package(sdbus-c++ REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(
@@ -65,12 +66,6 @@ pkg_check_modules(
   hyprlang>=0.2.0)
 
 # check whether we can find sdbus-c++ through pkg-config
-pkg_check_modules(SDBUS IMPORTED_TARGET sdbus-c++)
-if(NOT SDBUS_FOUND)
-  include_directories("subprojects/sdbus-cpp/include/")
-  add_subdirectory(subprojects/sdbus-cpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-  add_library(PkgConfig::SDBUS ALIAS sdbus-c++)
-endif()
 
 # same for hyprland-protocols
 pkg_check_modules(HYPRLAND_PROTOS IMPORTED_TARGET hyprland-protocols)
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ endif()
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*.cpp")
 add_executable(xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland ${SRCFILES})
 target_link_libraries(
-  xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland PRIVATE rt PkgConfig::SDBUS Threads::Threads
+  xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland PRIVATE rt sdbus-c++ Threads::Threads
                                       PkgConfig::deps)
 
 # protocols