diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
index 4fa82f457..36d109a18 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
@@ -9,21 +9,7 @@ IF(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   SET(Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
 ENDIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 
-FIND_PATH(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  freetype.h
-  PATHS
-  $ENV{FREETYPE_DIR}/include
-  /usr/local/include
-  /usr/include
-  /sw/include
-  /opt/local/include
-  /opt/csw/include
-  /opt/include
-  PATH_SUFFIXES freetype2/freetype freetype freetype2
-)
-
-# ft2build.h does not reside in the freetype include dir
-FIND_PATH(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR
+FIND_PATH(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR
   ft2build.h
   PATHS
   /usr/local/include
@@ -35,10 +21,9 @@ FIND_PATH(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR
   PATH_SUFFIXES freetype2
 )
 
-# combine both include directories into one variable
-IF(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  SET(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-ENDIF(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+IF(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  SET(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR})
+ENDIF(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE
   NAMES freetype libfreetype freetype219 freetype246
diff --git a/code/nel/src/3d/font_generator.cpp b/code/nel/src/3d/font_generator.cpp
index e8949876c..0e268a0c2 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/3d/font_generator.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/3d/font_generator.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #ifndef NL_DONT_USE_EXTERNAL_CODE
 
-#include <freetype.h>
+#include <ft2build.h>
+#include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
 // for freetype 2.0
 #ifdef FTERRORS_H
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ int          err_code;
 const char*  err_msg;
 } ft_errors[] =
 
-#include <fterrors.h>
+#include FT_ERRORS_H
 
 using namespace NLMISC;