diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63f903c..2f7286d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -846,30 +846,10 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if (webtorrent)
-	option(NO_WEBSOCKET "Disable WebSocket support in libdatachannel" ON)
-	option(NO_MEDIA "Disable media transport support in libdatachannel" ON)
-	if(GNUTLS_FOUND)
-		option(USE_GNUTLS "Use GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL for libdatachannel" ON)
+	if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+		find_package(LibDataChannel CONFIG REQUIRED)
 	else()
-		option(USE_GNUTLS "Use GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL for libdatachannel" OFF)
-	endif()
-
-    set(LIBDATACHANNEL_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(LIBDATACHANNEL_EXPORT OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(LIBDATACHANNEL_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(PLOG_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(JUICE_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(NO_EXAMPLES ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(NO_TESTS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-
-	add_subdirectory(deps/libdatachannel EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-	set_target_properties(datachannel-static PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-
-	if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES Clang|GNU)
-		target_compile_options(datachannel-static PRIVATE
-			-Wno-pedantic
-			-Wno-unused-parameter
-			-Wno-unused-variable)
+		find_public_dependency(LibDataChannel CONFIG REQUIRED)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -960,19 +940,14 @@ include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 add_subdirectory(bindings)
 
 if(webtorrent)
-    set(USRSCTP_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/libdatachannel/deps/usrsctp/usrsctplib")
-    target_include_directories(datachannel-static PRIVATE "${USRSCTP_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    target_include_directories(torrent-rasterbar PRIVATE
-        "${USRSCTP_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-        deps/libdatachannel/include
-        deps/libdatachannel/include/rtc
-    )
     if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-        target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar PRIVATE datachannel-static)
+        target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar PRIVATE LibDataChannel::LibDataChannel)
     else()
-        target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar PUBLIC datachannel-static)
+        target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar PUBLIC LibDataChannel::LibDataChannel)
     endif()
-    target_compile_definitions(torrent-rasterbar PRIVATE BOOST_JSON_HEADER_ONLY)
+    target_compile_definitions(torrent-rasterbar PRIVATE
+        BOOST_JSON_HEADER_ONLY
+        BOOST_JSON_STATIC_LINK)
 endif()
 
 if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
@@ -980,16 +955,6 @@ if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 
 set(LIBTORRENT_EXPORT_TARGETS torrent-rasterbar)
-if (webtorrent AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    # these are only linked PUBLIC (and therefore need to be installed and
-    # part of the export set) when torrent-rasterbar itself is static; for a
-    # shared build they're linked PRIVATE and are already embedded in
-    # libtorrent-rasterbar.so, so consumers never need them
-    list(APPEND LIBTORRENT_EXPORT_TARGETS datachannel-static juice-static plog usrsctp)
-	if (TARGET usrsctp)
-        set_target_properties(usrsctp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")
-    endif()
-endif()
 
 install(TARGETS ${LIBTORRENT_EXPORT_TARGETS}
     EXPORT LibtorrentRasterbarTargets
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 885818c..e7f7a7b 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,17 +44,7 @@ foreach(TARGET_SRC ${tests})
 endforeach()
 
 if (webtorrent AND TARGET test_rtc)
-	# torrent-rasterbar links datachannel-static privately when building
-	# shared libs (so its include directories aren't propagated to
-	# consumers), and test_rtc.cpp includes <rtc/rtc.hpp> directly; only
-	# the include path is needed here, NOT a
-	# direct link -- datachannel-static is a static library, so linking it
-	# into test_rtc directly would give test_rtc its own separate copy of
-	# everything in it (ThreadPool, Init, and any other global/static state),
-	# disconnected from the copy torrent-rasterbar's own compiled code
-	# (rtc_signaling.cpp) actually uses
-	target_include_directories(test_rtc PRIVATE
-		$<TARGET_PROPERTY:datachannel-static,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+	target_link_libraries(test_rtc LibDataChannel::LibDataChannel)
 endif()
 
 file(GLOB GZIP_ASSETS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.gz")