diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 359434bf5a3..8ae13427370 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ if(WITH_CORE)
   find_package(Proj)
   find_package(GEOS)
   find_package(GDAL)
-  find_package(Expat REQUIRED)
+  find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
   find_package(Spatialindex REQUIRED)
   find_package(LibZip REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindExpat.cmake b/cmake/FindExpat.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c213dc9c044..00000000000
--- a/cmake/FindExpat.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# Find Expat
-# ~~~~~~~~~~
-# Copyright (c) 2007, Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com>
-# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
-# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
-#
-# CMake module to search for Expat library
-# (library for parsing XML files)
-#
-# If it's found it sets EXPAT_FOUND to TRUE
-# and following variables are set:
-#    EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR
-#    EXPAT_LIBRARY
-
-# FIND_PATH and FIND_LIBRARY normally search standard locations
-# before the specified paths. To search non-standard paths first,
-# FIND_* is invoked first with specified paths and NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-# and then again with no specified paths to search the default
-# locations. When an earlier FIND_* succeeds, subsequent FIND_*s
-# searching for the same item do nothing.
-FIND_PATH(EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR expat.h
-  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include/"
-  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include/expat"
-  c:/msys/local/include
-  NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-  )
-FIND_PATH(EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR expat.h)
-#libexpat needed for msvc version
-FIND_LIBRARY(EXPAT_LIBRARY NAMES expat libexpat PATHS
-  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib"
-  c:/msys/local/lib
-  NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-  )
-FIND_LIBRARY(EXPAT_LIBRARY NAMES expat libexpat)
-
-IF (EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXPAT_LIBRARY)
-   SET(EXPAT_FOUND TRUE)
-ENDIF (EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXPAT_LIBRARY)
-
-
-IF (EXPAT_FOUND)
-
-   IF (NOT EXPAT_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Expat: ${EXPAT_LIBRARY}")
-   ENDIF (NOT EXPAT_FIND_QUIETLY)
-
-ELSE (EXPAT_FOUND)
-
-   IF (EXPAT_FIND_REQUIRED)
-     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find Expat")
-   ELSE (EXPAT_FIND_REQUIRED)
-     IF (NOT EXPAT_FIND_QUIETLY)
-        MESSAGE(STATUS "Could not find Expat")
-     ENDIF (NOT EXPAT_FIND_QUIETLY)
-   ENDIF (EXPAT_FIND_REQUIRED)
-
-ENDIF (EXPAT_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 79fb3e24394..4bc864554c4 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2252,7 +2252,6 @@ target_include_directories(qgis_core SYSTEM PUBLIC
   ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SPATIALINDEX_INCLUDE_DIR} # before GEOS for case-insensitive filesystems
   ${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QCA_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}
@@ -2421,7 +2420,7 @@ target_link_libraries(qgis_core
   ${GEOS_LIBRARY}
   ${GDAL_LIBRARY}
   ${SPATIALINDEX_LIBRARY}
-  ${EXPAT_LIBRARY}
+  EXPAT::EXPAT
   ${SQLITE3_LIBRARY}
   ${LIBZIP_LIBRARY}
   ${Protobuf_LITE_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/src/providers/gpx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/gpx/CMakeLists.txt
index 4adace3b04a..5b49f3f17b7 100644
--- a/src/providers/gpx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/gpx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ add_library(provider_gpx MODULE ${GPX_SRCS})
 target_compile_features(provider_gpx PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
 target_link_libraries(provider_gpx
-  ${EXPAT_LIBRARY}
   qgis_core
 )
 
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/wfs/CMakeLists.txt
index e7c9f2cd8c5..045f8757be8 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ target_include_directories(provider_wfs_a PUBLIC
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(provider_wfs_a
-  ${EXPAT_LIBRARY}
   qgis_core
 )
 
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ else()
   target_compile_definitions(provider_wfs PRIVATE "-DQT_NO_FOREACH")
 
   target_link_libraries (provider_wfs
-    ${EXPAT_LIBRARY}
     qgis_core
   )
 
diff --git a/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
index e1f1e0a8526..0317960b364 100644
--- a/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM
   ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SPATIALINDEX_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QCA_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 585e5edf71d..5570fbd8ac2 100644
--- a/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/quickgui/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM
   ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SPATIALINDEX_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QCA_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}
diff --git a/tests/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
index ea16e3f8a10..3e871fbbadd 100644
--- a/tests/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/src/quickgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM
     ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${SPATIALINDEX_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${QCA_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/tests/src/quickgui/app/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/src/quickgui/app/CMakeLists.txt
index dd2c90a8258..ec9fa6b2eba 100644
--- a/tests/src/quickgui/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/src/quickgui/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM
   ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SPATIALINDEX_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QCA_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QTKEYCHAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )