diff --git a/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
index 1090e92..78ac472 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/QtConfig.cmake
@@ -595,15 +595,19 @@ if (REQUIRED_ICONS)
                                                  "${ICON_THEME_FILE_RELATIVE_PATH}")
                             set(ICON_THEME_FILE_ALIAS " alias=\"${NEW_ICON_THEME_FILE_RELATIVE_PATH}\"")
                             if (CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-                                find_program(REALPATH_BIN "realpath")
-                                if (NOT REALPATH_BIN)
-                                    message(FATAL_ERROR "Set REALPATH_BIN to the location of realpath.exe to workaround https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/17206")
+                                if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.14")
+                                    message(FATAL_ERROR "Need at least CMake 3.14 on Windows to read symlinks of"
+                                                       "icon theme to be bundled.")
                                 endif ()
-                                execute_process(COMMAND "${REALPATH_PATH}" "${ICON_THEME_FILE}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ICON_THEME_FILE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-                                string(REGEX REPLACE "\n$" "" ICON_THEME_FILE "${ICON_THEME_FILE}")
-                            else ()
-                                get_filename_component(ICON_THEME_FILE "${ICON_THEME_FILE}" REALPATH)
+                                while (IS_SYMLINK "${ICON_THEME_FILE}")
+                                    get_filename_component(ICON_THEME_FILE_DIR "${ICON_THEME_FILE}" DIRECTORY)
+                                    file(READ_SYMLINK "${ICON_THEME_FILE}" ICON_THEME_FILE)
+                                    if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE "${ICON_THEME_FILE}")
+                                        set(ICON_THEME_FILE "${ICON_THEME_FILE_DIR}/${ICON_THEME_FILE}")
+                                    endif()
+                                endwhile ()
                             endif ()
+                            get_filename_component(ICON_THEME_FILE "${ICON_THEME_FILE}" REALPATH)
                         else ()
                             unset(ICON_THEME_FILE_ALIAS)
                         endif ()