diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 #########################
 ########################
 
-find_package(ECM 1.7.0 REQUIRED NOMODULE)
+find_package(ECM 5.19 REQUIRED NOMODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
 include(ECMOptionalAddSubdirectory)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 ##
 ## Test for qt-poppler
 ##
-find_package(Poppler)
+find_package(Poppler COMPONENTS Qt5)
 set_package_properties(Poppler PROPERTIES
     DESCRIPTION "A PDF rendering library"
     URL "http://poppler.freedesktop.org"
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPoppler.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPoppler.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPoppler.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# - Try to find the poppler PDF library
-# Once done this will define
-#
-#  POPPLER_FOUND - system has poppler
-#  POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR - the poppler include directory
-#  POPPLER_LIBRARY - Link this to use poppler
-#
-
-# Copyright (c) 2006-2010, Pino Toscano, <pino@kde.org>
-#
-# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
-# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
-
-if(POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR AND POPPLER_LIBRARY)
-
-  # in cache already
-  set(POPPLER_FOUND TRUE)
-
-else()
-
-set(_poppler_version_bad FALSE)
-
-if(NOT WIN32)
-  # use pkg-config to get the directories and then use these values
-  # in the FIND_PATH() and FIND_LIBRARY() calls
-  include(FindPkgConfig)
-  pkg_check_modules(_pc_poppler poppler-qt5)
-  if(_pc_poppler_FOUND)
-    if(NOT "${_pc_poppler_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 0.5.3)
-      set(_poppler_version_bad TRUE)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-if(NOT _poppler_version_bad)
-  set(POPPLER_FOUND FALSE)
-
-  find_library(POPPLER_LIBRARY poppler-qt5
-               HINTS ${_pc_poppler_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-  )
-  find_library(POPPLER_CORE_LIBRARY poppler
-               HINTS ${_pc_poppler_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-  )
-
-  find_path(POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR poppler-qt5.h
-            HINTS ${_pc_poppler_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            PATH_SUFFIXES poppler/qt5
-  )
-  find_path(POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR_core qt5/poppler-qt5.h
-            HINTS ${_pc_poppler_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            PATH_SUFFIXES poppler
-  )
-
-  if(POPPLER_LIBRARY AND POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR AND POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR_core)
-    list(APPEND POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR "${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR_core}")
-    set(POPPLER_FOUND TRUE)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-if (POPPLER_FOUND)
-  include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
-
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR} ${QT_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${POPPLER_LIBRARY} ${POPPLER_CORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTXML_LIBRARY})
-
-check_cxx_source_compiles("
-#include <poppler-qt5.h>
-int main()
-{
-  Poppler::Document::RenderHint hint = Poppler::Document::ThinLineSolid;
-  return 0;
-}
-" HAVE_POPPLER_0_24)
-
-check_cxx_source_compiles("
-#include <poppler-qt5.h>
-int main()
-{
-  Poppler::Page *p = 0;
-  p->annotations( QSet<Poppler::Annotation::SubType>() << Poppler::Annotation::ASound );
-  return 0;
-}
-" HAVE_POPPLER_0_28)
-
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES)
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
-  if (HAVE_POPPLER_0_28)
-    set(popplerVersionMessage "0.28")
-  elseif (HAVE_POPPLER_0_24)
-    set(popplerVersionMessage "0.24")
-  endif ()
-  if (NOT Poppler_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    message(STATUS "Found Poppler-Qt5: ${POPPLER_LIBRARY}, (>= ${popplerVersionMessage})")
-  endif ()
-else ()
-  if (Poppler_FIND_REQUIRED)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find Poppler-Qt5")
-  endif ()
-  message(STATUS "Could not find OPTIONAL package Poppler-Qt5")
-endif ()
-
-# ensure that they are cached
-set(POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR ${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "The Poppler-Qt5 include path")
-set(POPPLER_LIBRARY ${POPPLER_LIBRARY} CACHE INTERNAL "The Poppler-Qt5 library")
-
-endif()
diff --git a/plugins/impex/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/impex/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/impex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/impex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     add_subdirectory(exr)
 endif()
 
-if(POPPLER_FOUND)
+if(Poppler_Qt5_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(pdf)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/impex/pdf/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/impex/pdf/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/impex/pdf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/impex/pdf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-include_directories( ${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-
 set(kritapdfimport_SOURCES kis_pdf_import.cpp kis_pdf_import_widget.cpp )
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(kritapdfimport_SOURCES pdfimportwidgetbase.ui )
 
 add_library(kritapdfimport MODULE ${kritapdfimport_SOURCES})
 
-target_link_libraries(kritapdfimport kritaui  ${POPPLER_LIBRARY} )
+target_link_libraries(kritapdfimport kritaui Poppler::Qt5)
 
 install(TARGETS kritapdfimport  DESTINATION ${KRITA_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(PROGRAMS krita_pdf.desktop  DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR})