diff --git a/cmake/CompilerOptions.cmake b/cmake/CompilerOptions.cmake
index 47630ecd2..0c31747b1 100644
--- a/cmake/CompilerOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CompilerOptions.cmake
@@ -61,4 +61,11 @@ function(enable_project_options target_name)
     check_pie_supported()
     set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   endif()
+
+  # add a compile definition for _LIBCPP_REMOVE_TRANSITIVE_INCLUDES to remove transitive includes
+  # from libc++ headers. This is useful to avoid including system headers that are not needed and
+  # that may conflict with other headers. This is only supported by libc++.
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
+    target_compile_definitions(${target_name} INTERFACE _LIBCPP_REMOVE_TRANSITIVE_INCLUDES)
+  endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/src/parsers/qasm3_parser/passes/ConstEvalPass.cpp b/src/parsers/qasm3_parser/passes/ConstEvalPass.cpp
index 69177a03b..c3e2d4338 100644
--- a/src/parsers/qasm3_parser/passes/ConstEvalPass.cpp
+++ b/src/parsers/qasm3_parser/passes/ConstEvalPass.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ ConstEvalValue ConstEvalPass::evalFloatExpression(BinaryExpression::Op op,
 
   switch (op) {
   case BinaryExpression::Power:
-    result.value = pow(lhs, rhs);
+    result.value = std::pow(lhs, rhs);
     break;
   case BinaryExpression::Add:
     result.value = lhs + rhs;
@@ -411,42 +411,42 @@ std::optional<ConstEvalValue> ConstEvalPass::visitUnaryExpression(
     return std::nullopt;
   case UnaryExpression::Sin:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = sin(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::sin(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
     break;
   case UnaryExpression::Cos:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = cos(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::cos(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
     break;
   case UnaryExpression::Tan:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = tan(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::tan(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
     break;
   case UnaryExpression::Exp:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = exp(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::exp(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
     break;
   case UnaryExpression::Ln:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = log(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::log(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
     break;
   case UnaryExpression::Sqrt:
     if (val->type == ConstEvalValue::Type::ConstFloat) {
-      val->value = sqrt(std::get<1>(val->value));
+      val->value = std::sqrt(std::get<1>(val->value));
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
diff --git a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 875419898..a6c0b51db 100644
--- a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
-pybind11_add_module(
-  # Name of the extension
-  _core
-  # Prefer thin LTO if available
-  THIN_LTO
-  # Optimize the bindings for size
-  OPT_SIZE
-  # Source code goes here
-  ${MQT_CORE_INCLUDE_BUILD_DIR}/python/pybind11.hpp
-  module.cpp
-  register_operations.cpp
-  register_permutation.cpp
-  register_symbolic.cpp
-  register_quantum_computation.cpp
-  operations/register_optype.cpp
-  operations/register_control.cpp
-  operations/register_operation.cpp
-  operations/register_standard_operation.cpp
-  operations/register_classic_controlled_operation.cpp
-  operations/register_compound_operation.cpp
-  operations/register_non_unitary_operation.cpp
-  operations/register_symbolic_operation.cpp
-  symbolic/register_variable.cpp
-  symbolic/register_term.cpp
-  symbolic/register_expression.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(_core PRIVATE MQT::Core MQT::ProjectOptions MQT::ProjectWarnings)
+if(NOT TARGET _core)
+  pybind11_add_module(
+    # Name of the extension
+    _core
+    # Prefer thin LTO if available
+    THIN_LTO
+    # Optimize the bindings for size
+    OPT_SIZE
+    # Source code goes here
+    ${MQT_CORE_INCLUDE_BUILD_DIR}/python/pybind11.hpp
+    module.cpp
+    register_operations.cpp
+    register_permutation.cpp
+    register_symbolic.cpp
+    register_quantum_computation.cpp
+    operations/register_optype.cpp
+    operations/register_control.cpp
+    operations/register_operation.cpp
+    operations/register_standard_operation.cpp
+    operations/register_classic_controlled_operation.cpp
+    operations/register_compound_operation.cpp
+    operations/register_non_unitary_operation.cpp
+    operations/register_symbolic_operation.cpp
+    symbolic/register_variable.cpp
+    symbolic/register_term.cpp
+    symbolic/register_expression.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(_core PRIVATE MQT::Core MQT::ProjectOptions MQT::ProjectWarnings)
 
-# Install directive for scikit-build-core
-install(
-  TARGETS _core
-  DESTINATION .
-  COMPONENT MQTCorePythonModule)
+  # Install directive for scikit-build-core
+  install(
+    TARGETS _core
+    DESTINATION .
+    COMPONENT MQTCorePythonModule)
+endif()