diff --git a/bitmap2component/CMakeLists.txt b/bitmap2component/CMakeLists.txt
index 078f31f179..3b45e9d348 100644
--- a/bitmap2component/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bitmap2component/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ add_executable( bitmap2component WIN32 MACOSX_BUNDLE
 
 target_link_libraries( bitmap2component
     common
-    argparse::argparse
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     potrace
     )
diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 53a9e0f1b2..5f9d137d98 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ target_link_libraries( common
     compoundfilereader
     pcm_settings
     nanodbc # for now; maybe hoist out of common
-    argparse::argparse
     ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
     ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
@@ -508,6 +507,7 @@ target_include_directories( common
         .
         ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
         $<TARGET_PROPERTY:thread-pool,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+        $<TARGET_PROPERTY:argparse::argparse,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
     )
 
 # text markup support
diff --git a/gerbview/CMakeLists.txt b/gerbview/CMakeLists.txt
index fb658c69a8..d21fbc0868 100644
--- a/gerbview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gerbview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ target_link_libraries( gerbview
     gal
     common
     nlohmann_json
-    argparse::argparse
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     )
 
diff --git a/pagelayout_editor/CMakeLists.txt b/pagelayout_editor/CMakeLists.txt
index 72ce38fde7..5f503d479e 100644
--- a/pagelayout_editor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pagelayout_editor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ target_link_libraries( pl_editor
     # There's way too much crap coming in from common yet.
     gal
     common
-    argparse::argparse
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     )
 
diff --git a/pcb_calculator/CMakeLists.txt b/pcb_calculator/CMakeLists.txt
index e4ca0b9607..f58e348d27 100644
--- a/pcb_calculator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcb_calculator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ target_link_libraries( pcb_calculator
     #singletop  # replaces common, giving us restrictive control and link warnings.
     # There's way too much crap coming in from common yet.
     common
-    argparse::argparse
     ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
     )
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/argparse/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/argparse/CMakeLists.txt
index cb359d5fca..20579177a8 100644
--- a/thirdparty/argparse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/argparse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 
 project(argparse
-        VERSION 2.9.0 
+        VERSION 2.9.0
         DESCRIPTION "A single header argument parser for C++17"
         HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse"
         LANGUAGES CXX
@@ -36,63 +36,4 @@ if(ARGPARSE_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS argparse EXPORT argparseConfig)
-install(EXPORT argparseConfig
-        NAMESPACE argparse::
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_ARCHIND}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/argparse)
-
-
-set(CONFIG_FILE_NAME_WITHOUT_EXT "${PROJECT_NAME}Config")
-set(CMAKE_CONFIG_FILE_BASENAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CONFIG_FILE_NAME_WITHOUT_EXT}")
-set(CMAKE_CONFIG_VERSION_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_CONFIG_FILE_BASENAME}-version.cmake")
-set(CMAKE_CONFIG_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_CONFIG_FILE_BASENAME}.cmake")
-
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "3.14")
-	set(OPTIONAL_ARCH_INDEPENDENT "ARCH_INDEPENDENT")
-endif()
-
-write_basic_package_version_file("${CMAKE_CONFIG_VERSION_FILE_NAME}"
-    COMPATIBILITY ExactVersion
-    ${OPTIONAL_ARCH_INDEPENDENT}
-)
-
-export(EXPORT argparseConfig
-       NAMESPACE argparse::)
-
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CONFIG_VERSION_FILE_NAME}"
-       DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_ARCHIND}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}")
-
-set(PackagingTemplatesDir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/packaging")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "argparse (C++) developers")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE_URL "${PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Pranav Srinivas Kumar")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "${CPACK_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER}")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md")
-
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME "lib${PROJECT_NAME}-dev")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6-dev")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "cmake, pkg-config, pkg-conf")
-
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME "lib${PROJECT_NAME}-devel")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS}")
-
-set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
-set(CPACK_RPM_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
-set(CPACK_NSIS_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_COMPRESSION_TYPE "xz")
-
-set(PKG_CONFIG_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc")
-configure_file("${PackagingTemplatesDir}/pkgconfig.pc.in" "${PKG_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}" @ONLY)
-install(FILES "${PKG_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_ARCHIND}/pkgconfig"
-)
-
-include(CPack)
+## Modified to remove undesirable install steps
\ No newline at end of file