diff --git a/recipes/odrcore/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/odrcore/all/conanfile.py
index ad99db0..fbb6373 100644
--- a/recipes/odrcore/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/odrcore/all/conanfile.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def requirements(self):
         self.requires("uchardet/0.0.8")
         self.requires("utfcpp/4.0.4")
         if self.options.get_safe("with_pdf2htmlEX"):
-            self.requires("pdf2htmlex/0.18.8.rc1-20240814-git")
+            self.requires("pdf2htmlex/0.18.8.rc1-20240905-git")
         if self.options.get_safe("with_wvWare"):
             self.requires("wvware/1.2.9")
 
diff --git a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conandata.yml
index e6b592d..f5a7436 100644
--- a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conandata.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 sources:
-  "0.18.8.rc1-20240814-git":
-    url: "https://github.com/ViliusSutkus89/pdf2htmlEX/archive/cf26cf4b98b25cda56792ce5626ee0563a589c7a.zip"
-    sha256: "137e544afb0c9dffd3c8e86f9ce95dd7d1775d7ede93445268bf4910d1d0c418"
-patches:
-  "0.18.8.rc1-20240814-git":
-      - patch_file: "patches/manifest_file_debug.patch"
\ No newline at end of file
+  "0.18.8.rc1-20240905-git":
+    url: "https://github.com/ViliusSutkus89/pdf2htmlEX/archive/0bbd6686f7214c5ddb230fa3323b75e954f39418.zip"
+    sha256: "394a5a5555005a18ada6f810ef7ab693f6d916cd9302d874483cbc4956caf557"
diff --git a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conanfile.py
index c4b2e30..7542aca 100644
--- a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/conanfile.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from conan import ConanFile
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMakeToolchain, CMake, cmake_layout, CMakeDeps
+from conan.tools.env import Environment
 from conan.tools.files import apply_conandata_patches, copy, export_conandata_patches, get, rmdir
 from conans.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
 
@@ -92,8 +93,18 @@ def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
         tc.extra_cxxflags = ["-Wno-maybe-uninitialized"]
         tc.variables["PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION"] = self.version
+
+        # Get runenv info, exported by package_info() of dependencies
+        # We need to obtain POPPLER_DATA_DIR and FONTCONFIG_PATH
+        runenv_info = Environment()
+        deps = self.dependencies.host.topological_sort
+        deps = [dep for dep in reversed(deps.values())]
+        for dep in deps:
+            runenv_info.compose_env(dep.runenv_info)
+        envvars = runenv_info.vars(self)
+        for v in ["POPPLER_DATA_DIR", "FONTCONFIG_PATH"]:
+            tc.variables[v] = envvars.get(v)
         # @TODO: figure out how to use POPPLER_DATA_DIR exported by poppler-data. It should JustWork^tm
-        tc.variables["POPPLER_DATA_DIR"] = self.dependencies['poppler-data'].cpp_info.resdirs[0]
         tc.generate()
 
     def build(self):
diff --git a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/patches/manifest_file_debug.patch b/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/patches/manifest_file_debug.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76e8b27..0000000
--- a/recipes/pdf2htmlex/all/patches/manifest_file_debug.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc b/pdf2htmlEX/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
-index 7d43d13..1b04e0a 100644
---- a/pdf2htmlEX/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
-+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
-@@ -424,9 +424,12 @@ void HTMLRenderer::post_process(void)
-     }
- 
-     // apply manifest
--    ifstream manifest_fin((char*)str_fmt("%s/%s", param.data_dir.c_str(), MANIFEST_FILENAME.c_str()), ifstream::binary);
-+    const char* manifest_file = str_fmt("%s/%s", param.data_dir.c_str(), MANIFEST_FILENAME.c_str());
-+    if (param.debug)
-+        std::cout << "Trying to open manifest file: " << manifest_file << std::endl;
-+    ifstream manifest_fin = ifstream(manifest_file, ifstream::binary);
-     if(!manifest_fin)
--        throw "Cannot open the manifest file";
-+        throw std::runtime_error(std::string("Cannot open the manifest file: ") + manifest_file);
- 
-     bool embed_string = false;
-     string line;