diff --git a/cmake/FindPython.cmake b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
index dd961c686..e6023dbc9 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 
 if(ENABLE_PYTHON2)
-  pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python2)
+  pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python2 IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL)
 else()
-  pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3)
+  pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3 IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 754a89c4e..64a6d6194 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,14 +24,7 @@ add_library(python MODULE
 set_target_properties(python PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
 if(PYTHON_FOUND)
-  # There's a weird bug on FreeBSD: the value of PYTHON_LDFLAGS is
-  # "-L/usr/local/lib;-lpython3.6m" instead of "-L/usr/local/lib -lpython3.6m".
-  # This is a temporary hack to fix the value, waiting for a clean fix.
-  string(REPLACE ";" " " PYTHON_LDFLAGS "${PYTHON_LDFLAGS}")
-
-  include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PYTHON_LDFLAGS}")
-  target_link_libraries(python ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} weechat_plugins_scripts coverage_config)
+  target_link_libraries(python PkgConfig::PYTHON weechat_plugins_scripts coverage_config)
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS python LIBRARY DESTINATION ${WEECHAT_LIBDIR}/plugins)