diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6cf361..c1a5d87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,39 +65,13 @@ endif()
 find_package(Poco OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS JSON)
 find_package(Qt5Core)
 
-# jsoncpp library
-add_library(jsoncpp
-    thirdparty/jsoncpp/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
-    thirdparty/jsoncpp/src/lib_json/json_value.cpp
-    thirdparty/jsoncpp/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
-)
-
-target_include_directories(jsoncpp SYSTEM PRIVATE thirdparty/jsoncpp/include)
-set_target_properties(jsoncpp PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/jsoncpp)
-
-add_library(json11
-    thirdparty/json11/json11.cpp
-)
-
-target_include_directories(json11 SYSTEM PRIVATE thirdparty/json11)
-set_target_properties(json11 PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/json11)
-
-# yaml-cpp library
-file(GLOB yamlcpp_SOURCES "thirdparty/yaml-cpp/src/*.cpp")
-add_library(yamlcpp ${yamlcpp_SOURCES})
-
-target_include_directories(yamlcpp SYSTEM PRIVATE thirdparty/yamlcpp/include)
-set_target_properties(yamlcpp PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/yamlcpp)
-
 # Not all of these are required for examples build it doesn't hurt to include them
 include_directories(include SYSTEM
-    thirdparty/googletest/include
-    thirdparty/json11
-    thirdparty/jsoncpp/include
-    thirdparty/rapidjson/include
-    thirdparty/picojson
-    thirdparty/nlohmann-json/include
-    thirdparty/yaml-cpp/include
+    /usr/src/googletest/googletest/include/gtest
+    /usr/include/jsoncpp/
+    /usr/include/rapidjson/
+    /usr/include/nlohmann/
+    /usr/include/yaml-cpp/
 )
 
 if(valijson_BUILD_TESTS)
@@ -109,14 +83,12 @@ if(valijson_BUILD_TESTS)
     set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON)
     option(BUILD_GMOCK FALSE)
     option(INSTALL_GTEST FALSE)
-    add_subdirectory(thirdparty/googletest)
 
     set(TEST_SOURCES
         tests/test_adapter_comparison.cpp
         tests/test_fetch_absolute_uri_document_callback.cpp
         tests/test_fetch_urn_document_callback.cpp
         tests/test_json_pointer.cpp
-        tests/test_json11_adapter.cpp
         tests/test_jsoncpp_adapter.cpp
         tests/test_nlohmann_json_adapter.cpp
         tests/test_rapidjson_adapter.cpp
@@ -127,7 +100,7 @@ if(valijson_BUILD_TESTS)
         tests/test_yaml_cpp_adapter.cpp
     )
 
-    set(TEST_LIBS gtest gtest_main jsoncpp json11 yamlcpp)
+    set(TEST_LIBS gtest gtest_main jsoncpp yaml-cpp)
 
     if(Boost_FOUND)
         include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -178,6 +151,7 @@ if(valijson_BUILD_TESTS)
 
     if(NOT MSVC)
         set_target_properties(test_suite PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS " -pedantic -Werror -Wshadow -Wunused")
+        set_target_properties(test_suite PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS " -pthread")
     endif()
 
     if (MSVC)
diff --git a/tests/test_validator.cpp b/tests/test_validator.cpp
index e2bf78e..37e6ee4 100644
--- a/tests/test_validator.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_validator.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #include <valijson/utils/poco_json_utils.hpp>
 #endif
 
-#define REMOTES_DIR "../thirdparty/JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/remotes/"
+#define REMOTES_DIR "/usr/share/json-schema-test-suite/remotes/"
 
-#define TEST_SUITE_DIR "../thirdparty/JSON-Schema-Test-Suite/tests/"
+#define TEST_SUITE_DIR "/usr/share/json-schema-test-suite/tests/"
 
 using valijson::adapters::AdapterTraits;
 using valijson::adapters::RapidJsonAdapter;