diff --git a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 1857b2b79..659865792 100644
--- a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ set_target_properties(calamares_bin
 )
 calamares_automoc( calamares_bin )
 
-if( WITH_KF5Crash )
-    set( LINK_LIBRARIES
-        KF5::CoreAddons
-        KF5::Crash
-    )
-endif()
-
 target_link_libraries( calamares_bin
     PRIVATE
         ${CALAMARES_LIBRARIES}
         calamaresui
         Qt5::Core
         Qt5::Widgets
-        ${LINK_LIBRARIES}
 )
+if( WITH_KF5Crash )
+    target_link_libraries( calamares_bin
+        PRIVATE
+            KF5::CoreAddons
+            KF5::Crash
+    )
+    target_compile_definitions( calamares_bin PRIVATE WITH_KF5Crash )
+endif()
 
 install( TARGETS calamares_bin
     BUNDLE DESTINATION .
diff --git a/src/calamares/main.cpp b/src/calamares/main.cpp
index 5ddda33c6..f218b8ab9 100644
--- a/src/calamares/main.cpp
+++ b/src/calamares/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "CalamaresConfig.h"
 
-#ifdef WITH_KCRASH
+#ifdef WITH_KF5Crash
 #include <KF5/KCrash/KCrash>
 #include <KF5/KCoreAddons/KAboutData>
 #endif
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 {
     CalamaresApplication a( argc, argv );
 
-#ifdef WITH_KCRASH
+#ifdef WITH_KF5Crash
     KAboutData aboutData( "calamares",
                           "Calamares",
                           a.applicationVersion(),
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in b/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
index cafbe9276..6fbab422c 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
 
 //cmakedefines for CMake variables (e.g. for optdepends) go here
 #cmakedefine WITH_PYTHON
-
-#cmakedefine WITH_KF5Crash
-#ifdef WITH_KF5Crash
-#define WITH_KCRASH
-#endif
-
 #cmakedefine WITH_PYTHONQT
 
 #endif // CALAMARESCONFIG_H