diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff7046eb..a4e0aa82 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,18 +71,6 @@ add_subdirectory(streams)
 add_subdirectory(dshr)
 
 if(NOT DISABLE_FoX)
-   FetchContent_Declare(fox
-     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ESMCI/fox.git
-     GIT_TAG 4.1.2.1
-     SOURCE_DIR ${FOX_ROOT}
-     BINARY_DIR ${FOX_ROOT}/..
-   )
-   FetchContent_GetProperties(fox)
-   if(NOT fox_POPULATED)
-     FetchContent_Populate(fox)
-     message(STATUS "FoX source dir: ${fox_SOURCE_DIR}")
-     message(STATUS "FoX binary dir: ${fox_BINARY_DIR}")
-   endif()
   add_subdirectory(fox)
 
   target_include_directories(streams PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fox/include>