diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_seexpr/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 007415abaa..3d7fd7ebc0 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 SET(PREFIX_ext_seexpr "${EXTPREFIX}" )
 ExternalProject_Add(
     ext_seexpr
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://invent.kde.org/lsegovia/SeExpr.git
-    GIT_TAG aa5253ac81bfa1d26909402b9c70299cb4782c05
+    GIT_TAG ef6d1ae2a618c55bdb42337340777c145ea0f672
 
     CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_seexpr} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE} -DBOOST_INCLUDE_DIR=${PREFIX_ext_seexpr}/include -DBOOST_ROOT=${PREFIX_ext_seexpr} -DBOOST_LIB_DIR=${PREFIX_ext_seexpr}/lib -DENABLE_LLVM_BACKEND=OFF -DENABLE_SSE4=OFF -DBUILD_DOC=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_UTILS=OFF -DUSE_PYTHON=OFF
 
     UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+    # TODO when moving this library to a packaged release, please add ext_extra_cmake_modules so that translations can be built in
     DEPENDS ext_qt
 )
diff --git a/plugins/generators/seexpr/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/generators/seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c9e1a3431..f60cf70497 100644
--- a/plugins/generators/seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/generators/seexpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-include_directories(SYSTEM ${SeExpr2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
 set(kritaseexprgenerator_SOURCES
     SeExprVariable.cpp
     SeExprExpressionContext.cpp
     generator.cpp
     kis_wdg_seexpr.cpp
     )
 
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(kritaseexprgenerator_SOURCES
     wdgseexpr.ui
     )
 
 add_library(kritaseexprgenerator MODULE ${kritaseexprgenerator_SOURCES})
 
-target_link_directories(kritaseexprgenerator PRIVATE ${SeExpr2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(kritaseexprgenerator kritaui SeExpr2 SeExpr2Editor)
+target_link_libraries(kritaseexprgenerator kritaui SeExpr2::SeExpr2 SeExpr2::SeExpr2Editor)
 
 install(TARGETS kritaseexprgenerator  DESTINATION ${KRITA_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 add_subdirectory(tests)