diff --git a/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake b/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake
index 9effd1a2db..ed15ad31aa 100644
--- a/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ endforeach()
 
 message("Loading Dependencies ...")
 # ABSL should be included before protobuf because protobuf may use absl
-include(external/abseil-cpp.cmake)
 
 set(RE2_BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
-FetchContent_Declare(
-    re2
-    URL ${DEP_URL_re2}
-    URL_HASH SHA1=${DEP_SHA1_re2}
-    FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES re2
-)
+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
+set(ABSEIL_LIBS absl::inlined_vector absl::flat_hash_set
+    absl::flat_hash_map absl::node_hash_set absl::node_hash_map absl::base absl::throw_delegate absl::raw_hash_set
+    absl::hash absl::city absl::low_level_hash absl::raw_logging_internal)
+find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
+find_package(re2 REQUIRED)
+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 
 if (onnxruntime_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS)
   # WebAssembly threading support in Node.js is still an experimental feature and
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ if (onnxruntime_DISABLE_RTTI)
   set(protobuf_DISABLE_RTTI ON CACHE BOOL "Remove runtime type information in the binaries" FORCE)
 endif()
 
-include(protobuf_function)
 #protobuf end
 
 set(ENABLE_DATE_TESTING  OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 # protobuf's cmake/utf8_range.cmake has the following line
 include_directories(${utf8_range_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-onnxruntime_fetchcontent_makeavailable(Protobuf nlohmann_json mp11 re2 GSL flatbuffers ${ONNXRUNTIME_CPUINFO_PROJ} ${ONNXRUNTIME_CLOG_PROJ})
+onnxruntime_fetchcontent_makeavailable(mp11 GSL flatbuffers ${ONNXRUNTIME_CPUINFO_PROJ} ${ONNXRUNTIME_CLOG_PROJ})
 if(NOT flatbuffers_FOUND)
   if(NOT TARGET flatbuffers::flatbuffers)
     add_library(flatbuffers::flatbuffers ALIAS flatbuffers)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ namespace std { using ::getenv; }
 endif()
 
 if (onnxruntime_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS)
-  onnxruntime_fetchcontent_makeavailable(googletest)
+  find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if(Protobuf_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
index 9347be180d..8c60ff40f4 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ endif()
 onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(onnx_test_data_proto onnx_proto)
 target_include_directories(onnx_test_data_proto PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 set_target_properties(onnx_test_data_proto PROPERTIES FOLDER "ONNXRuntimeTest")
+include(protobuf_function)
 onnxruntime_protobuf_generate(APPEND_PATH IMPORT_DIRS ${onnx_SOURCE_DIR} TARGET onnx_test_data_proto)
 
 #