--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ if(WITH_OPENVX)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_QUIRC)
-  add_subdirectory(3rdparty/quirc)
+  find_package(quirc CONFIG REQUIRED)
   set(HAVE_QUIRC TRUE)
 endif()
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- a/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/objdetect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@ set(the_description "Object Detection")
 ocv_define_module(objdetect opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_calib3d WRAP java python js)
 
 if(HAVE_QUIRC)
-    get_property(QUIRC_INCLUDE GLOBAL PROPERTY QUIRC_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    ocv_include_directories(${QUIRC_INCLUDE})
-    ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} quirc)
+    ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} quirc::quirc)
 endif()