diff --git a/3party/CMakeLists.txt b/3party/CMakeLists.txt
index 97f45e2efa..57d0592dc3 100644
--- a/3party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ if (NOT WITH_SYSTEM_PROVIDED_3PARTY)
   set(EXPAT_DTD OFF)
   set(EXPAT_NS ON)
   add_subdirectory(expat/expat)
-  add_library(expat::expat ALIAS expat)
 
   # Configure Jansson library.
   set(JANSSON_BUILD_DOCS OFF)
diff --git a/3party/expat b/3party/expat
index 6b3f93c6ca..a0dc7d5efa 160000
--- a/3party/expat
+++ b/3party/expat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6b3f93c6caa0308455beeced0268cfae04df3584
+Subproject commit a0dc7d5efacbe2b744211289c276e2b9168bd4ae