diff --git a/src/csync/CMakeLists.txt b/src/csync/CMakeLists.txt
index 701405431..a574f3311 100644
--- a/src/csync/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/csync/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,26 +23,22 @@ find_package(SQLite3 3.8.0 REQUIRED)
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)
 include(../common/common.cmake)
 
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-
 if (MEM_NULL_TESTS)
   add_definitions(-DCSYNC_MEM_NULL_TESTS)
 endif (MEM_NULL_TESTS)
 
-add_subdirectory(std)
-
 # Statically include sqlite
 
 set(CSYNC_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/std
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
   CACHE INTERNAL "csync public include directories"
 )
 
 set(CSYNC_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS
   ${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${CSTDLIB_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@ set(CSYNC_LIBRARY
 )
 
 set(CSYNC_LINK_LIBRARIES
-  ${CSTDLIB_LIBRARY}
   ${CSYNC_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
   ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES}
 )
@@ -77,6 +72,13 @@ set(csync_SRCS
   csync_rename.cpp
 
   vio/csync_vio.cpp
+
+  std/c_alloc.c
+  std/c_path.c
+  std/c_string.c
+  std/c_time.c
+  std/c_utf8.cpp
+
 )
 
 if (WIN32)
@@ -89,16 +91,13 @@ else()
     )
 endif()
 
+if(NOT HAVE_ASPRINTF AND NOT HAVE___MINGW_ASPRINTF)
+    list(APPEND csync_SRCS std/asprintf.c)
+endif()
+
 
 configure_file(csync_version.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/csync_version.h)
 
-set(csync_HDRS
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/csync_version.h
-  csync.h
-  vio/csync_vio.h
-  vio/csync_vio_method.h
-  vio/csync_vio_module.h
-)
 
 # Statically include sqlite
 if (USE_OUR_OWN_SQLITE3)
@@ -112,14 +111,16 @@ if (USE_OUR_OWN_SQLITE3)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-include_directories(
-  ${CSYNC_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${CSYNC_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-)
 
 add_library(${CSYNC_LIBRARY} SHARED ${common_SOURCES} ${csync_SRCS})
 #add_library(${CSYNC_LIBRARY}_static STATIC ${csync_SRCS})
 
+target_include_directories(
+  ${CSYNC_LIBRARY}
+  PUBLIC ${CSYNC_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  PRIVATE ${CSYNC_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+
 generate_export_header( ${CSYNC_LIBRARY}
   EXPORT_MACRO_NAME OCSYNC_EXPORT
   EXPORT_FILE_NAME ocsynclib.h
@@ -129,8 +130,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${CSYNC_LIBRARY} ${CSYNC_LINK_LIBRARIES})
 #target_link_libraries(${CSYNC_LIBRARY}_static ${CSYNC_LINK_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(ZLIB_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(${CSYNC_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
-  include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  target_link_libraries(${CSYNC_LIBRARY} ZLIB::ZLIB)
 endif(ZLIB_FOUND)
 
 find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/csync/std/CMakeLists.txt b/src/csync/std/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fddd02e99..000000000
--- a/src/csync/std/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-project(cstdlib)
-
-set(CSTDLIB_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  CACHE INTERNAL "cstdlib public include directories"
-)
-
-set(CSTDLIB_LIBRARY
-  cstdlib
-  CACHE INTERNAL "cstdlib library"
-)
-
-set(CSTDLIB_LINK_LIBRARIES
-  ${CSTDLIB_LIBRARY}
-)
-
-set(cstdlib_SRCS
-  c_alloc.c
-  c_path.c
-  c_string.c
-  c_time.c
-  c_utf8.cpp
-)
-
-if(NOT HAVE_ASPRINTF AND NOT HAVE___MINGW_ASPRINTF)
-    list(APPEND cstdlib_SRCS
-        asprintf.c
-    )
-endif()
-
-include_directories(
-  ${CSTDLIB_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-)
-
-add_library(${CSTDLIB_LIBRARY} STATIC ${cstdlib_SRCS})
-if(NOT WIN32)
-    add_definitions( -fPIC )
-endif()
-qt5_use_modules(${CSTDLIB_LIBRARY} Core)
diff --git a/src/csync/std/c_time.h b/src/csync/std/c_time.h
index 67e7fcbad..dee1b0e2b 100644
--- a/src/csync/std/c_time.h
+++ b/src/csync/std/c_time.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef _C_TIME_H
 #define _C_TIME_H
 
+#include "ocsynclib.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ struct timespec c_tspecdiff(struct timespec time1, struct timespec time0);
  */
 double c_secdiff(struct timespec clock1, struct timespec clock0);
 
-int c_utimes(const char *uri, const struct timeval *times);
+OCSYNC_EXPORT int c_utimes(const char *uri, const struct timeval *times);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }