diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f1ae9f66bf..e95d40574d 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ endforeach()
 
 if(BUILD_IFCGEOM AND WITH_OPENCASCADE)
     find_package(OpenCASCADE REQUIRED)
-    # Map OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES variable from OpenCASCADEConfig.cmake to OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES used by kernel generic cmake file
-    set(OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES ${OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES})
     add_definitions(-DIFOPSH_WITH_OPENCASCADE)
     set(SWIG_DEFINES ${SWIG_DEFINES} -DIFOPSH_WITH_OPENCASCADE)
     list(APPEND GEOMETRY_KERNELS opencascade)
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenCASCADE.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenCASCADE.cmake
index f02b2559e3..9a52524d1e 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenCASCADE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenCASCADE.cmake
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ if(OCCT_STATIC)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-add_library(OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+add_library(OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE INTERFACE "${OCC_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE INTERFACE ${OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_directories(OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE INTERFACE "${OCC_LIBRARY_DIR}")
 set(OpenCASCADE_LIBRARIES OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE)
+install(TARGETS OpenCASCADE_INTERFACE
+    EXPORT ${IFCOPENSHELL_EXPORT_TARGETS})