diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b01aba5..583e15b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ configure_file (
   "${FMILibrary_BINARY_DIR}/fmilib_config.h"
   ) 
 
-set(FMILIB_SHARED_SUBLIBS ${FMIXML_LIBRARIES} ${FMIZIP_LIBRARIES} ${FMICAPI_LIBRARIES} expat minizip zlib c99snprintf)
+set(FMILIB_SHARED_SUBLIBS ${FMIXML_LIBRARIES} ${FMIZIP_LIBRARIES} ${FMICAPI_LIBRARIES} c99snprintf)
 set(FMILIB_SUBLIBS ${FMIIMPORT_LIBRARIES} ${JMUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${FMILIB_SHARED_SUBLIBS})
 set(FMILIB_SHARED_SRC ${FMIIMPORTSOURCE} ${JMUTILSOURCE} ${FMIIMPORTHEADERS})
 
diff --git a/Config.cmake/fmixml.cmake b/Config.cmake/fmixml.cmake
index ddd3c1f..3bafac3 100644
--- a/Config.cmake/fmixml.cmake
+++ b/Config.cmake/fmixml.cmake
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ set(FMIXMLSOURCE
 	src/FMI2/fmi2_xml_variable.c
 )
 
+if(0)
 include(ExternalProject)
 
 # The *_POSTFIX variables are set because it makes it easier to determine the name of
@@ -211,7 +212,10 @@ if(FMILIB_INSTALL_SUBLIBS)
 	DESTINATION lib)
 endif()
 
+endif(0)
 set(EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ExpatEx/install/include)
+find_package(expat CONFIG REQUIRED)
+add_library(expat ALIAS expat::expat)
 
 include_directories("${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS}" "${FMILIB_THIRDPARTYLIBS}/FMI/" "${FMIXMLGENDIR}/FMI1" "${FMIXMLGENDIR}/FMI2")
 
diff --git a/Config.cmake/fmizip.cmake b/Config.cmake/fmizip.cmake
index 091fc4d..c53555f 100644
--- a/Config.cmake/fmizip.cmake
+++ b/Config.cmake/fmizip.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ if(NOT FMIZIPDIR)
 
     set(FMIZIP_LIBRARIES fmizip)
 	
-    add_subdirectory(Config.cmake/Minizip)
+    find_package(minizip CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    add_library(minizip ALIAS minizip::minizip)
 	
 	include_directories("${FMIZIPDIR}/include" "${FMILIB_THIRDPARTYLIBS}/Minizip/minizip" "${FMILIB_THIRDPARTYLIBS}/FMI" "${FMILIB_THIRDPARTYLIBS}/Zlib/zlib-1.2.6" "${FMILibrary_BINARY_DIR}/zlib")