diff --git a/cmake/macros/TargetSixense.cmake b/cmake/macros/TargetSixense.cmake
index b52af9cdd2..6fd9cede1f 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/TargetSixense.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/TargetSixense.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# 
+#
 #  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
 #  Created by Bradley Austin Davis on 2015/10/10
 #
 #  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 #  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-# 
+#
 macro(TARGET_SIXENSE)
     add_dependency_external_projects(sixense)
     find_package(Sixense REQUIRED)
     target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${SIXENSE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${SIXENSE_LIBRARIES})
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_SIXENSE)
-endmacro()
\ No newline at end of file
+endmacro()
diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fb5d8c33c..e3dd4529d3 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ endif()
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/includes")
 
-# These are external plugins, but we need to do the 'add dependency' here so that their
-# binary directories get added to the fixup path
-add_dependency_external_projects(sixense)
-add_dependency_external_projects(sdl2)
 if (WIN32)
     add_dependency_external_projects(OpenVR)
 endif()