diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5128335..bacf495 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -536,16 +536,6 @@ if(UHDR_BUILD_TESTS)
     set(GTEST_LIB_PREFIX ${GTEST_BINARY_DIR}/lib/)
   endif()
   set(GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES ${GTEST_LIB_PREFIX}${GTEST_LIB} ${GTEST_LIB_PREFIX}${GTEST_LIB_MAIN})
-  ExternalProject_Add(${GTEST_TARGET_NAME}
-      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest
-      GIT_TAG v1.14.0
-      PREFIX ${GTEST_PREFIX_DIR}
-      SOURCE_DIR ${GTEST_SOURCE_DIR}
-      BINARY_DIR ${GTEST_BINARY_DIR}
-      CMAKE_ARGS ${UHDR_CMAKE_ARGS}
-      BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
-      INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-  )
 endif()
 
 if(UHDR_BUILD_BENCHMARK)
@@ -675,16 +665,15 @@ endif()
 
 if(UHDR_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_executable(ultrahdr_unit_test ${UHDR_TEST_SRCS_LIST})
-  add_dependencies(ultrahdr_unit_test ${GTEST_TARGET_NAME} ${UHDR_CORE_LIB_NAME})
   target_compile_options(ultrahdr_unit_test PRIVATE ${UHDR_WERROR_FLAGS})
   target_include_directories(ultrahdr_unit_test PRIVATE
     ${PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    @GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS@
   )
   if(UHDR_BUILD_FUZZERS)
     target_link_options(ultrahdr_unit_test PRIVATE -fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link)
   endif()
-  target_link_libraries(ultrahdr_unit_test ${UHDR_CORE_LIB_NAME} ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES})
+  target_link_libraries(ultrahdr_unit_test ${UHDR_CORE_LIB_NAME} -lgtest -lgtest_main)
   add_test(NAME UHDRUnitTests, COMMAND ultrahdr_unit_test)
 endif()