diff --git a/spinnaker_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt b/spinnaker_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
index 59dbef39..9727e686 100644
--- a/spinnaker_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spinnaker_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ target_link_libraries(camera_driver
   ${sensor_msgs_TARGETS}
   ${std_msgs_TARGETS}
   yaml-cpp
+  PRIVATE
   Spinnaker::Spinnaker)
 
 target_include_directories(camera_driver
diff --git a/spinnaker_camera_driver/cmake/spinnaker_camera_driverConfig.cmake.in b/spinnaker_camera_driver/cmake/spinnaker_camera_driverConfig.cmake.in
index 0a743434..ea6e30ed 100644
--- a/spinnaker_camera_driver/cmake/spinnaker_camera_driverConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/spinnaker_camera_driver/cmake/spinnaker_camera_driverConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
-find_dependency(SPINNAKER)
 find_dependency(rclcpp)
 find_dependency(rclcpp_components)
 find_dependency(camera_info_manager)
diff --git a/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt b/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e03bcd4..f3a30f12 100644
--- a/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,31 +33,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo)
 endif()
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
-
-# The spinnaker_camera_driver links against the spinnaker libraries,
-# and also exports them as a dependency. However, if the spinnaker SDK
-# is not installed system-wide, then the spinnaker_camera_driver actually
-# installs a private copy of the spinnaker SDK libraries alongside its own
-# libraries. The hack below works detects this scenario and works around it.
-
-find_package(SPINNAKER)
-if(NOT SPINNAKER_FOUND)
-  # assumes that "spinnaker_camera_driver" is installed at the same root
-  # as "spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver"
-  cmake_path(GET CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR PARENT_PATH SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR)
-  cmake_path(GET SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR PARENT_PATH SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR)
-  cmake_path(APPEND SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR "spinnaker_camera_driver")
-  message(STATUS "searching for spinnaker here: ${SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR}")
-  # SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR will be actually used when
-  # find_package(spinnaker_camera_driver) executes a find_package(SPINNAKER).
-  # This find_package(SPINNAKER) is actually triggered by
-  # spinnaker_camera_driverConfig.cmake.in
-  # But the FindSPINNAKER.cmake used for that search is actually the one
-  # in spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/cmake/,
-  # which has been stripped to not search for the include path.
-endif()
-
 find_package(spinnaker_camera_driver REQUIRED)
 
 # list of all packages that use ament for export (may work for others too)
diff --git a/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/cmake/FindSPINNAKER.cmake b/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/cmake/FindSPINNAKER.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index b4bb82b4..00000000
--- a/spinnaker_synchronized_camera_driver/cmake/FindSPINNAKER.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#  Copyright 2024 Bernd Pfrommer <bernd.pfrommer@gmail.com>
-#
-#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#   limitations under the License.
-
-#
-# sets the following variables:
-#
-# SPINNAKER_LIBRARIES
-# SPINNAKER_FOUND
-#
-# or for the more modern cmake usage, sets the target Spinnaker::Spinnaker
-#
-# searches first in "SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR" for location of spinnaker SDK
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-
-if( EXISTS "$ENV{SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR}" )
-  file( TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR}" SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR )
-  set( SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR "${SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Prefix for Spinnaker installation." )
-endif()
-
-find_library(SPINNAKER_LIBRARIES
-  NAMES Spinnaker
-  HINTS
-  ${SPINNAKER_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-  /opt/spinnaker/lib
-  /usr/lib/
-  /usr/local/lib
-  NO_DEFAULT_PATH  # else it will find ROS system spinnaker libraries first
-  PATH_SUFFIXES Release Debug
-)
-
-find_package_handle_standard_args(SPINNAKER
-  FOUND_VAR SPINNAKER_FOUND
-  REQUIRED_VARS SPINNAKER_LIBRARIES)
-
-if(SPINNAKER_FOUND AND NOT TARGET Spinnaker::Spinnaker)
-  add_library(Spinnaker::Spinnaker UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-  set_target_properties(Spinnaker::Spinnaker PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION                 "${SPINNAKER_LIBRARIES}"
-    IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "CXX")
-endif()