diff --git a/cmake/FindMimalloc.cmake b/cmake/FindMimalloc.cmake
index 9ac939c40..f6f14f937 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMimalloc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMimalloc.cmake
@@ -40,8 +40,18 @@ if(NOT Mimalloc_FOUND)
   add_library(mimalloc ${MIMALLOC_SOURCES})
   sourcemeta_add_default_options(PRIVATE mimalloc)
 
+  # Link the resolved thread library rather than the imported target, as the
+  # latter obliges every consumer of the exported package to run FindThreads,
+  # whose try_compile cannot run inside build systems that read the export by
+  # tracing CMake instead of calling it. The imported target also carries a
+  # compile option on the platforms whose threads need one, which we set here
   find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-  target_link_libraries(mimalloc PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+  if(THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG)
+    target_compile_options(mimalloc PRIVATE -pthread)
+  endif()
+  if(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT)
+    target_link_libraries(mimalloc PRIVATE "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}")
+  endif()
 
   target_include_directories(mimalloc PUBLIC
     "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${MIMALLOC_DIR}/include>"
@@ -145,8 +155,6 @@ if(NOT Mimalloc_FOUND)
       COMPONENT sourcemeta_core_dev)
 
     file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mimalloc-config.cmake
-      "include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)\n"
-      "find_dependency(Threads)\n"
       "include(\"\${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/mimalloc.cmake\")\n"
       "check_required_components(\"mimalloc\")\n")
     install(FILES
diff --git a/cmake/FindPCRE2.cmake b/cmake/FindPCRE2.cmake
index 21756978b..ad73b552d 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPCRE2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPCRE2.cmake
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ if(NOT PCRE2_FOUND)
         NAMELINK_COMPONENT sourcemeta_core_dev
       ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
         COMPONENT sourcemeta_core_dev)
+    sourcemeta_library_export_flatten(pcre2)
     install(EXPORT pcre2
       DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/pcre2"
       NAMESPACE PCRE2::
diff --git a/cmake/common/targets/library.cmake b/cmake/common/targets/library.cmake
index 8085dee0d..94a817177 100644
--- a/cmake/common/targets/library.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/targets/library.cmake
@@ -133,6 +133,32 @@ function(sourcemeta_library)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# A static library records its private dependencies as $<LINK_ONLY:...> in the
+# exported link interface. Build systems that read the export without evaluating
+# generator expressions drop those entries and lose the transitive link closure,
+# so unwrap them for the installed interface. The build interface keeps the
+# wrapper, so that consumers within this project do not start inheriting the
+# usage requirements that a private dependency is not meant to hand them
+function(sourcemeta_library_export_flatten TARGET_NAME)
+  get_target_property(SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_INTERFACE
+    ${TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+  if(SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_INTERFACE)
+    set(SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_FLATTENED)
+    foreach(entry IN LISTS SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_INTERFACE)
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^\\$<LINK_ONLY:(.*)>$" "\\1" unwrapped "${entry}")
+      if(unwrapped STREQUAL entry)
+        list(APPEND SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_FLATTENED "${entry}")
+      else()
+        list(APPEND SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_FLATTENED
+          "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${entry}>"
+          "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${unwrapped}>")
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME}
+      PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_FLATTENED})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 function(sourcemeta_library_install)
   cmake_parse_arguments(SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY "" "NAMESPACE;PROJECT;NAME;VARIANT" "" ${ARGN})
 
@@ -173,6 +199,12 @@ function(sourcemeta_library_install)
       NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${COMPONENT_NAME}_dev
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
     COMPONENT ${COMPONENT_NAME}_dev)
+  # Deferred, as callers link their dependencies after installing the target.
+  # The target name is expanded into the deferred call, as its arguments are
+  # not evaluated until the call runs, by which point the variable is gone
+  cmake_language(EVAL CODE
+    "cmake_language(DEFER CALL sourcemeta_library_export_flatten ${TARGET_NAME})")
+
   install(EXPORT ${TARGET_NAME}
     DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${SOURCEMETA_LIBRARY_PROJECT}"
     NAMESPACE ${NAMESPACE_PREFIX}