diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 11dc1720..865fc005 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ endif ()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
+# For find_package calls in Module mode (looking for the Find<lib>.cmake files)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generators/")
+# For find_package calls in config mode / find_dependency calls
+# (looking for the <lib>-config.cmake files of transitive dependencies of modules, e.g. spdlog->fmt)
+set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generators/")
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Logging
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index b8fcb571..e2dfbf44 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ def generate(self):
         deps = CMakeDeps(self)
         deps.set_property("boost", "cmake_find_mode", "both")
         deps.set_property("duckdb", "cmake_find_mode", "both")
-        deps.set_property("fmt", "cmake_find_mode", "both")
         deps.set_property("gtest", "cmake_find_mode", "both")
         deps.set_property("hwloc", "cmake_find_mode", "both")
         deps.set_property("nlohmann_json", "cmake_find_mode", "both")