diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_mlas.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_mlas.cmake
index 3530ab03c8..c3292cb8a4 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_mlas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_mlas.cmake
@@ -268,23 +268,14 @@ function(setup_mlas_source_for_windows)
 endfunction()
 
 function(setup_kleidiai)
+  find_package(KleidiAI CONFIG REQUIRED)
   target_sources(onnxruntime_mlas PRIVATE
     ${MLAS_SRC_DIR}/kai_ukernel_interface.cpp
     ${MLAS_SRC_DIR}/kleidiai/sgemm_kleidiai.cpp
     ${MLAS_SRC_DIR}/kleidiai/convolve_kleidiai.cpp
     ${MLAS_SRC_DIR}/kleidiai/qgemm_kleidiai.cpp
   )
-  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_mlas PRIVATE kleidiai)
-  list(APPEND onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES kleidiai)
-  set(onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-  if (NOT onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
-    install(TARGETS kleidiai EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-    FRAMEWORK DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
-  endif()
+  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_mlas PRIVATE KleidiAI::kleidiai)
 endfunction()
 
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Emscripten")