diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ddb66d711..aa2a26b25 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -376,11 +376,13 @@ endif()
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared library" OFF)
 set(XXHASH_BUILD_XXHSUM OFF CACHE BOOL "Build the xxhsum binary")
-add_subdirectory(core/deps/xxHash/cmake_unofficial)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE xxHash::xxhash)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_search_module(xxhash REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libxxhash)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE PkgConfig::xxhash)
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared library" OFF)
-add_subdirectory(core/deps/glm)
+find_package(glm REQUIRED)
+target_compile_definitions(glm::glm INTERFACE GLM_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE glm::glm)
 
 if(USE_VULKAN)
@@ -445,13 +447,13 @@ if(NOT LIBRETRO)
 			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
 		endif()
 	endif()
-
+endif()
 	find_package(ZLIB)
 	if(TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB AND NOT ANDROID AND (NOT WIN32 OR WINDOWS_STORE))
 		set(WITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB ON CACHE BOOL "Use system provided zlib library")
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
 	endif()
-
+if(FALSE)
 	find_package(Lua 5.2)
 	if(NOT APPLE AND LUA_FOUND)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE USE_LUA)
@@ -461,9 +463,9 @@ if(NOT LIBRETRO)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(core/deps/libchdr EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE chdr-static)
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE core/deps/libchdr/include)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_search_module(chdr REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libchdr)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE PkgConfig::chdr)
 
 if(NOT WITH_SYSTEM_ZLIB)
 	set(ZLIB_RELATIVE_PATH "core/deps/libchdr/deps/zlib-1.3.1")
@@ -504,25 +506,24 @@ if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT APPLE AND NOT LIBRETRO)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE USE_PULSEAUDIO)
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBPULSE)
 	endif()
-
+endif()
 	if(USE_HOST_LIBZIP)
 		pkg_check_modules(LIBZIP IMPORTED_TARGET libzip)
 		if(LIBZIP_FOUND)
 			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBZIP)
 		endif()
 	endif()
-
+if(FALSE)
 	if(ENABLE_OPROFILE)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE DYNA_OPROF)
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE opagent)
 	endif()
-
+endif()
 	find_package(MiniUPnPc)
 	if(MINIUPNP_FOUND)
 		target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${MINIUPNP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${MINIUPNP_LIBRARIES})
 	endif()
-endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
 	add_definitions(
@@ -1275,9 +1276,9 @@ if(USE_VULKAN)
 	add_subdirectory(core/deps/Vulkan-Headers)
 	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Vulkan::Headers)
 
-	add_subdirectory(core/deps/VulkanMemoryAllocator)
-	target_compile_definitions(VulkanMemoryAllocator INTERFACE $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:VMA_USE_STL_SHARED_MUTEX=0>) # Only available on macOS 10.12+
-	target_compile_options(VulkanMemoryAllocator INTERFACE $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang,Clang>>:-Wno-nullability-completeness>)
+	find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator REQUIRED)
+	target_compile_definitions(GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator INTERFACE $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:VMA_USE_STL_SHARED_MUTEX=0>) # Only available on macOS 10.12+
+	target_compile_options(GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator INTERFACE $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang,Clang>>:-Wno-nullability-completeness>)
 	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
 
 	target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE USE_VULKAN HAVE_VULKAN)
@@ -1475,7 +1476,7 @@ if("arm64" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE)
 	target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE core/rec-ARM64/rec_arm64.cpp core/rec-ARM64/arm64_regalloc.h)
 endif()
 if("x86" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE OR "x86_64" IN_LIST ARCHITECTURE)
-	add_subdirectory(core/deps/xbyak EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+	find_package(xbyak REQUIRED)
 	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE xbyak::xbyak)
 	if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 4)
 		target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE