diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index d45c17e5de..148e6819be 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ set(PORTAUDIO_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/PortAudio)
 set(SPEEX_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/Speex)
 set(OPENCV_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/OpenCV)
 set(UVCCAMERACONTROL_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/UVCCameraControl)
-set(LIBUSB_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/LibUSB)
-set(FREENECT_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/freenect)
 
 if (APPLE)
   set(GL_HEADERS "#include <GLUT/glut.h>\n#include <OpenGL/glext.h>")
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@ find_package(SpeexDSP REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenCV)
 find_package(ZLIB)
 find_package(UVCCameraControl)
-find_package(LibUSB)
-find_package(Freenect)
 
 # include headers for interface and InterfaceConfig.
 include_directories(
@@ -110,11 +106,9 @@ include_directories(
   ${LIBOVR_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${OPENCV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SPEEXDSP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${FREENECT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCV_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${SPEEXDSP_LIBRARIES}
-    ${FREENECT_LIBRARIES} ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCV_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${SPEEXDSP_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (APPLE)
     # link in required OS X frameworks and include the right GL headers