diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
index e52e050a81a14..2b8d1de89d586 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
             DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP NEW
             URL_HASH MD5=${KLEIDIAI_ARCHIVE_MD5})
 
-        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(KleidiAI_Download)
+        FetchContent_Populate(KleidiAI_Download)
         FetchContent_GetProperties(KleidiAI_Download
             SOURCE_DIR  KLEIDIAI_SRC
             POPULATED   KLEIDIAI_POPULATED)
@@ -571,11 +571,6 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
 
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_USE_CPU_KLEIDIAI)
 
-        # Remove kleidiai target after fetching it
-        if (TARGET kleidiai)
-            set_target_properties(kleidiai PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
-        endif()
-
         list(APPEND GGML_CPU_SOURCES
             ggml-cpu/kleidiai/kleidiai.cpp
             ggml-cpu/kleidiai/kernels.cpp