diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index f75af8458..f1fceb201 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,24 +2,14 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5)
 
 add_subdirectory(fonts)
 
-SET(UTF8PROC_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable installation of utf8proc" FORCE)
-add_subdirectory(utf8proc)
-set_property(TARGET utf8proc PROPERTY FOLDER "3rdparty")
+find_library(utf8proc NAMES utf8proc)
 
 add_subdirectory(launchinfo)
 set_property(TARGET launchinfo PROPERTY FOLDER "3rdparty")
 
-add_subdirectory(fmt)
-set_property(TARGET fmt PROPERTY FOLDER "3rdparty")
+find_library(fmt NAMES fmt)
 
-SET(RE2_BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "enable testing for RE2" FORCE)
-add_subdirectory(re2 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-target_include_directories(re2 PUBLIC
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/re2>
-)
-set_property(TARGET re2 PROPERTY FOLDER "3rdparty")
-set_property(TARGET re2 PROPERTY XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_WARN_ABOUT_MISSING_FIELD_INITIALIZERS NO)	# -Wmissing-field-initializers
-set_property(TARGET re2 PROPERTY XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_WARNING_CFLAGS "-Wno-missing-field-initializers")
+find_library(re2 NAMES re2)
 
 add_subdirectory(EmbeddedJSONSignature)
 set_property(TARGET EmbeddedJSONSignature PROPERTY FOLDER "3rdparty")
diff --git a/lib/framework/wzstring.cpp b/lib/framework/wzstring.cpp
index fd0250993..bf87784dd 100644
--- a/lib/framework/wzstring.cpp
+++ b/lib/framework/wzstring.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <limits>
-#include <utfcpp/source/utf8.h>
-#include <utf8proc/utf8proc.h>
+#include <utf8.h>
+#include <utf8proc.h>
 
 WzUniCodepoint WzUniCodepoint::fromASCII(unsigned char charLiteral)
 {
diff --git a/lib/netplay/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/netplay/CMakeLists.txt
index 22ab785ab..e979d2b4b 100644
--- a/lib/netplay/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/netplay/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ add_dependencies(netplay autorevision_netcodeversion)
 set_property(TARGET netplay PROPERTY FOLDER "lib")
 include(WZTargetConfiguration)
 WZ_TARGET_CONFIGURATION(netplay)
-target_link_libraries(netplay PRIVATE framework re2::re2)
+target_link_libraries(netplay PRIVATE framework re2)
 if(WZ_USE_IMPORTED_MINIUPNPC)
 	target_link_libraries(netplay PRIVATE imported-miniupnpc)
 else()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 71fab7462..1460e9f06 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(warzone2100 exception-handler gamelib wzmaplib ivis-opengl netplay sdl-backend framework sequence sound widget)
 target_link_libraries(warzone2100 launchinfo EmbeddedJSONSignature)
-target_link_libraries(warzone2100 fmt::fmt)
+target_link_libraries(warzone2100 fmt)
 if(ENABLE_NLS)
 	target_link_libraries(warzone2100 ${Intl_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ target_link_libraries(warzone2100 quickjs)
 
 include(IncludeFindCurl)
 target_link_libraries(warzone2100 CURL::libcurl)
-target_link_libraries(warzone2100 re2::re2)
+target_link_libraries(warzone2100 re2)
 
 find_package(SQLite3 3.14 REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(warzone2100 SQLite::SQLite3)