diff --git a/vowpalwabbit/CMakeLists.txt b/vowpalwabbit/CMakeLists.txt
index 56cb361ec..ec23fb654 100644
--- a/vowpalwabbit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vowpalwabbit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-add_subdirectory(active_interactor)
+# add_subdirectory(active_interactor)
 add_subdirectory(allreduce)
 if(VW_BUILD_VW_C_WRAPPER)
   add_subdirectory(c_wrapper)
 endif()
-add_subdirectory(cli)
+# add_subdirectory(cli)
 add_subdirectory(common)
 add_subdirectory(config)
 add_subdirectory(core)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ add_subdirectory(explore)
 add_subdirectory(io)
 add_subdirectory(model_merger)
 add_subdirectory(slim)
-add_subdirectory(spanning_tree_bin)
+# add_subdirectory(spanning_tree_bin)
 add_subdirectory(spanning_tree)
 if(BUILD_FLATBUFFERS)
   add_subdirectory(fb_parser)