diff --git a/libshortfin/CMakeLists.txt b/libshortfin/CMakeLists.txt
index dc9d6419a..087548cf5 100644
--- a/libshortfin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libshortfin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@ if(SHORTFIN_BUNDLE_DEPS)
     GIT_TAG        e69e5f977d458f2650bb346dadf2ad30c5320281 # 10.2.1 (sync with spdlog)
   )
 
-  FetchContent_Declare(
-    nanobind
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.git
-    GIT_TAG        9641bb7151f04120013b812789b3ebdfa7e7324f # 2.1.0
-  )
-
   ## spdlog
   # We build fmt from source instead, because we also use fmt.
   set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL ON)
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ if(SHORTFIN_BUNDLE_DEPS)
     GIT_TAG        3634f2ded19e0cf38208c8b86cea9e1d7c8e397d # v0.25.0
   )
 
-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt nanobind spdlog xtl xtensor)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt spdlog xtl xtensor)
 else()
   find_package(spdlog)
   find_package(xtensor)
diff --git a/libshortfin/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/libshortfin/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ea707def..1fd512c75 100644
--- a/libshortfin/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libshortfin/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@
 # build. - _shortfin_tracing.lib: Native library with tracing enabled (TODO). -
 # Others.
 
-find_package(nanobind CONFIG REQUIRED)
+# nanobind
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  nanobind
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.git
+  GIT_TAG        9641bb7151f04120013b812789b3ebdfa7e7324f # 2.1.0
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nanobind)
 
 nanobind_add_module(shortfin_python_extension NB_STATIC LTO
   array_binding.cc