diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ee1b532a..8ff498a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,24 +278,18 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if (USE_PYTHON)
-    add_subdirectory(external_dependencies/pybind11)
-    find_path(PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR pybind11/pybind11.h HINTS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    if( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
-        message(STATUS "Found Pybind11: ${PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    else( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
+    find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
+    if( pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR )
+        message(STATUS "Found Pybind11: ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    else( pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR )
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find pybind11!")
-    endif( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
+    endif( pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR )
 
-    target_include_directories(netgen_python INTERFACE ${PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_include_directories(netgen_python INTERFACE ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     if(NOT ${BUILD_FOR_CONDA} OR WIN32)
         # Don't link python libraries in conda environments
         target_link_libraries(netgen_python INTERFACE ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
-
-    if(NG_INSTALL_PYBIND)
-      install(DIRECTORY ${PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR}/pybind11 DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_INCLUDE} COMPONENT netgen_devel)
-      install(FILES ${PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR}/../LICENSE DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_INCLUDE}/pybind11 COMPONENT netgen_devel)
-    endif(NG_INSTALL_PYBIND)
 endif (USE_PYTHON)
 
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