diff --git a/crates/cxx-qt-build/src/lib.rs b/crates/cxx-qt-build/src/lib.rs
index b9374f74a..0ef15742a 100644
--- a/crates/cxx-qt-build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cxx-qt-build/src/lib.rs
@@ -553,9 +553,7 @@ impl CxxQtBuilder {
                 builder.define(extra_define, None);
             }
 
-            for include_dir in qtbuild.include_paths() {
-                builder.include(&include_dir);
-            }
+            builder.includes(qtbuild.include_paths());
             builder.include(&header_root);
             builder.include(&generated_header_dir);
         }
diff --git a/crates/cxx-qt-lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/cxx-qt-lib/Cargo.toml
index 3dd929912..0ccdb1b93 100644
--- a/crates/cxx-qt-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cxx-qt-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 description = "Qt types for integrating `cxx-qt` crate with `cxx`"
 repository.workspace = true
-# Fake linking so that we expose cargo data as env vars for downstream crates
-# https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/3544
-links = "cxx-qt-lib"
 exclude = [ "**/generate.sh" ]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs b/crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs
index 940e1d82b..18d284a83 100644
--- a/crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs
+++ b/crates/cxx-qt-lib/build.rs
@@ -194,12 +194,6 @@ fn main() {
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/{bridge}.rs");
     }
 
-    for include_path in qtbuild.include_paths() {
-        cxx_build::CFG
-            .exported_header_dirs
-            .push(include_path.as_path());
-    }
-
     let mut builder =
         cxx_build::bridges(rust_bridges.iter().map(|bridge| format!("src/{bridge}.rs")));
 
@@ -282,6 +276,11 @@ fn main() {
         let mut header = File::create(h_path).expect("Could not create header: {h_path}");
         write!(header, "{file_contents}").expect("Could not write header: {h_path}");
     }
+
+    // Load the include paths
+    //
+    // TODO: note once we use cxx-qt-build we don't need to include the Qt paths here
+    builder.includes(qtbuild.include_paths());
     builder.include(header_root);
 
     // Enable Qt Gui in C++ if the feature is enabled