diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c59d993..5606b46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,15 +18,12 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 option(FAISS_ENABLE_GPU "" OFF)
 option(FAISS_ENABLE_PYTHON "" OFF)
 option(BUILD_TESTING "" OFF)
-add_subdirectory(./vendor/faiss)
-
-# vendor in SQLite amalgammation
-include_directories(vendor/sqlite)
-link_directories(BEFORE vendor/sqlite)
+find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED)
+find_package(faiss REQUIRED)
 
 # Adding nlohmann_json for json parsing
 set(JSON_BuildTests OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
-add_subdirectory(vendor/json)
+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 
 # ================================== sqlite-vector ================================== #
 add_library(sqlite-vector SHARED src/sqlite-vector.cpp)
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(sqlite-vector-static PUBLIC SQLITE_CORE)
 # ================================== sqlite-vss ================================== #
 add_library(sqlite-vss SHARED src/sqlite-vss.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss sqlite3)
-target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss faiss_avx2)
+target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss faiss)
 target_include_directories(sqlite-vss PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 set_target_properties(sqlite-vss PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ set_target_properties(sqlite-vss PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "vss0")
 # ============================== sqlite-vss-static =============================== #
 add_library(sqlite-vss-static STATIC src/sqlite-vss.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss-static PRIVATE sqlite3)
-target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss-static PUBLIC faiss_avx2)
+target_link_libraries(sqlite-vss-static PUBLIC faiss)
 target_link_options(sqlite-vss-static PRIVATE "-Wl,-all_load")
 target_include_directories(sqlite-vss-static PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 set_target_properties(sqlite-vss-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "sqlite_vss0")