diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 4ecbbab45..1f3fd7922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       package-name: cuspatial
+      package-type: python
   wheel-build-cuproj:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.10
@@ -104,3 +105,4 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       package-name: cuproj
+      package-type: python
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index 5e6eb944e..14802741d 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 package_name=$1
 package_dir=$2
+package_type=$3
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache
 source rapids-date-string
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ cd "${package_dir}"
 python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
 mkdir -p final_dist
-python -m auditwheel repair -w final_dist dist/*
+python -m auditwheel repair \
+    --exclude libcudf.so \
+    -w final_dist \
+    dist/*
 
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 final_dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 "${package_type}" final_dist
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cuproj.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cuproj.sh
index 961f4e363..6001e44e9 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cuproj.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cuproj.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ci/build_wheel.sh cuproj python/cuproj
+ci/build_wheel.sh cuproj python/cuproj python
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_cuspatial.sh b/ci/build_wheel_cuspatial.sh
index 932665e27..171bfa6a4 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_cuspatial.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_cuspatial.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-export SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DUSE_LIBARROW_FROM_PYARROW=ON"
-
-ci/build_wheel.sh cuspatial python/cuspatial
+ci/build_wheel.sh cuspatial python/cuspatial python
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
index 9451190e0..4144e8dab 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuproj.sh
@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@ set -eou pipefail
 
 mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuproj_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 
-# Install additional dependencies
+# install build dependencies for fiona
 apt update
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
-python -m pip install --no-binary fiona 'fiona>=1.8.19,<1.9'
 
-# Download the cuspatial built in the previous step
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuspatial_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./local-cuspatial-dep
-python -m pip install --no-deps ./local-cuspatial-dep/cuspatial*.whl
+# Download the cuproj and cuspatial built in the previous step
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuproj_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuspatial_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
 
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cuproj*.whl)[test]
+python -m pip install \
+  --no-binary 'fiona' \
+  "$(echo ./dist/cuspatial*.whl)" \
+  "$(echo ./dist/cuproj*.whl)[test]" \
+  'fiona>=1.8.19,<1.9'
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cuproj"
 pushd python/cuproj/cuproj
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
index aa36681bc..8faa4e8d3 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuspatial.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ set -eou pipefail
 
 mkdir -p ./dist
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
-RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuspatial_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 ./dist
 
-# Install additional dependencies
+# install build dependencies for fiona
 apt update
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev
-python -m pip install --no-binary fiona 'fiona>=1.8.19,<1.9'
+
+# Download the cuspatial built in the previous step
+RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="cuspatial_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
 
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cuspatial*.whl)[test]
+python -m pip install \
+  --no-binary 'fiona' \
+  "$(echo ./dist/cuspatial*.whl)[test]" \
+  'fiona>=1.8.19,<1.9'
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cuspatial"
 pushd python/cuspatial/cuspatial
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 3b4bee329..80822b43d 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ files:
       - depends_on_cudf
       - depends_on_cuml
       - depends_on_cupy
+      - depends_on_libcudf
+      - depends_on_librmm
       - rapids_build_skbuild
       - run_python_cuspatial
       - test_libcuspatial
@@ -77,14 +79,17 @@ files:
       - build_cpp
       - build_python
       - build_wheels
+      - depends_on_libcudf
+      - depends_on_librmm
   py_run_cuspatial:
     output: [pyproject]
     pyproject_dir: python/cuspatial
     extras:
       table: project
     includes:
-      - depends_on_rmm
       - depends_on_cudf
+      - depends_on_libcudf
+      - depends_on_rmm
       - run_python_cuspatial
   py_test_cuspatial:
     output: [pyproject]
@@ -141,14 +146,12 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - ninja
-          - cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0
+          - &ninja ninja
+          - &cmake cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
           - c-compiler
           - cxx-compiler
-          - libcudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - librmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - proj
           - sqlite
     specific:
@@ -184,13 +187,13 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - ninja
-          - cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0
+          - *ninja
+          - *cmake
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
           - c-compiler
           - cxx-compiler
-          - librmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &librmm_unsuffixed librmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - proj
           - sqlite
     specific:
@@ -443,6 +446,31 @@ dependencies:
               - pylibcudf-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - {matrix: null, packages: [*cudf_unsuffixed]}
 
+  depends_on_libcudf:
+    common:
+      - output_types: conda
+        packages:
+          - &libcudf_unsuffixed libcudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+      - output_types: requirements
+        packages:
+          # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
+    specific:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        matrices:
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
+            packages:
+              - libcudf-cu12==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
+            packages:
+              - libcudf-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*libcudf_unsuffixed]}
+
   depends_on_cuml:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
@@ -523,3 +551,28 @@ dependencies:
           - libcuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - cuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - cuproj==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+
+  depends_on_librmm:
+    common:
+      - output_types: conda
+        packages:
+          - *librmm_unsuffixed
+      - output_types: requirements
+        packages:
+          # pip recognizes the index as a global option for the requirements.txt file
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.nvidia.com
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
+    specific:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        matrices:
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "12.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
+            packages:
+              - librmm-cu12==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - matrix:
+              cuda: "11.*"
+              cuda_suffixed: "true"
+            packages:
+              - librmm-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - {matrix: null, packages: [*librmm_unsuffixed]}
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cuspatial/CMakeLists.txt
index e3678c311..28fcf467d 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cuspatial/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,15 +43,7 @@ if(NOT cuspatial_FOUND)
   add_subdirectory(../../cpp cuspatial-cpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
   set(cython_lib_dir cuspatial)
-  include(cmake/Modules/WheelHelpers.cmake)
-  # TODO: This install is currently overzealous. We should only install the libraries that are
-  # downloaded by CPM during the build, not libraries that were found on the system.  However, in
-  # practice this would only be a problem if libcudf was not found but some of the
-  # dependencies were, and we have no real use cases where that happens.
-  install_aliased_imported_targets(
-    TARGETS cuspatial arrow_shared nvcomp::nvcomp nvcomp::nvcomp_gdeflate nvcomp::nvcomp_bitcomp
-    DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir}
-  )
+  install(TARGETS cuspatial DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir})
 endif()
 
 include(rapids-cython-core)
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/cmake/Modules/WheelHelpers.cmake b/python/cuspatial/cmake/Modules/WheelHelpers.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 278d6751c..000000000
--- a/python/cuspatial/cmake/Modules/WheelHelpers.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# =============================================================================
-# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
-# in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
-# is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
-# or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
-# the License.
-# =============================================================================
-include_guard(GLOBAL)
-
-# Making libraries available inside wheels by installing the associated targets.
-function(install_aliased_imported_targets)
-  list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT "install_aliased_imported_targets")
-
-  set(options "")
-  set(one_value "DESTINATION")
-  set(multi_value "TARGETS")
-  cmake_parse_arguments(_ "${options}" "${one_value}" "${multi_value}" ${ARGN})
-
-  message(VERBOSE "Installing targets '${__TARGETS}' into lib_dir '${__DESTINATION}'")
-
-  foreach(target IN LISTS __TARGETS)
-
-    if(NOT TARGET ${target})
-      message(VERBOSE "No target named ${target}")
-      continue()
-    endif()
-
-    get_target_property(alias_target ${target} ALIASED_TARGET)
-    if(alias_target)
-      set(target ${alias_target})
-    endif()
-
-    get_target_property(is_imported ${target} IMPORTED)
-    if(NOT is_imported)
-      # If the target isn't imported, install it into the wheel
-      install(TARGETS ${target} DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})
-      message(VERBOSE "install(TARGETS ${target} DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})")
-    else()
-      # If the target is imported, make sure it's global
-      get_target_property(type ${target} TYPE)
-      if(${type} STREQUAL "UNKNOWN_LIBRARY")
-        install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE:${target}> DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})
-        message(VERBOSE "install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE:${target}> DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})")
-      else()
-        install(IMPORTED_RUNTIME_ARTIFACTS ${target} DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})
-        message(
-          VERBOSE
-          "install(IMPORTED_RUNTIME_ARTIFACTS $<TARGET_FILE:${target}> DESTINATION ${__DESTINATION})"
-        )
-      endif()
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-endfunction()
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/__init__.py b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/__init__.py
index 069b5454d..14a5fcc4d 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+# load cudf before any other imports, to be sure libcudf's symbols are found
+# in the libcudf.so from the libcudf wheel (if one is installed)
+import cudf
 
 from ._version import __git_commit__, __version__
 from .core.geodataframe import GeoDataFrame
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml b/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
index 80f436ea6..25ea28bfd 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cuspatial/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "geopandas>=0.11.0",
+    "libcudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "numpy>=1.23,<2.0a0",
     "rmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ known_dask = [
 known_rapids = [
     "rmm",
     "cudf",
+    "libcudf",
     "pylibcudf",
 ]
 known_first_party = [
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ requires = [
     "cmake>=3.26.4,!=3.30.0",
     "cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "cython>=3.0.0",
+    "libcudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "librmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "ninja",
     "rmm==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "wheel",