diff --git a/ports/giflib/portfile.cmake b/ports/giflib/portfile.cmake
index bf9a3b2624be02..8a58b690a18fce 100644
--- a/ports/giflib/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/giflib/portfile.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,4 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
-file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gif)
-
 file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/giflib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake b/ports/giflib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index f688cff964e8b7..00000000000000
--- a/ports/giflib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-find_path(GIF_INCLUDE_DIR gif_lib.h PATH_SUFFIXES include PATHS "${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-
-_find_package(${ARGS})
diff --git a/ports/giflib/vcpkg.json b/ports/giflib/vcpkg.json
index 6cbbf622ceec59..2e950baed3d9bd 100644
--- a/ports/giflib/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/giflib/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "giflib",
   "version": "5.2.1",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "A library for reading and writing gif images.",
   "homepage": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake b/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
index ceac24ffd84212..2bee6cbe86095e 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
@@ -404,6 +404,11 @@ z_vcpkg_add_vcpkg_to_cmake_path(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "")
 z_vcpkg_add_vcpkg_to_cmake_path(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "/lib/manual-link")
 z_vcpkg_add_vcpkg_to_cmake_path(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH "")
 
+if(NOT VCPKG_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK "LAST") # we assume that frameworks are usually system-wide libs, not vcpkg-built
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_APPBUNDLE "LAST") # we assume that appbundles are usually system-wide libs, not vcpkg-built
+endif()
+
 # If one CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_* variables is set to ONLY, to  make sure that ${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}
 # and ${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/debug are searched, it is not sufficient to just add them to CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH,
 # as CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specify "one or more directories to be prepended to all other search directories", so to make sure that
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index bd4a6a7b1414d8..112d986015c6ac 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@
     },
     "giflib": {
       "baseline": "5.2.1",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "ginkgo": {
       "baseline": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/versions/g-/giflib.json b/versions/g-/giflib.json
index 834cde1ea7640c..e9456f42e36ac8 100644
--- a/versions/g-/giflib.json
+++ b/versions/g-/giflib.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5b5833304ba0e1be5ff125f265d1f2e1098a93cb",
+      "version": "5.2.1",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "14178ec83d76a40e314adcf9bba75b63e99bc56d",
       "version": "5.2.1",