diff --git a/mo2.cmake b/mo2.cmake
index c5cfa46..b4eed18 100644
--- a/mo2.cmake
+++ b/mo2.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/mo2_utils.cmake)
 # setup path for find_package(), etc.
 mo2_required_variable(NAME BOOST_ROOT TYPE PATH)
 mo2_required_variable(NAME QT_ROOT TYPE PATH)
-mo2_required_variable(NAME FMT_ROOT TYPE PATH)
 mo2_required_variable(NAME PYTHON_ROOT TYPE PATH)
 mo2_required_variable(NAME CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX TYPE PATH)
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ get_filename_component(MO2_INSTALL_LIBS_PATH "${MO2_INSTALL_PATH}/libs" REALPATH
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
 	${QT_ROOT}/lib/cmake
-	${FMT_ROOT}/build
 	${BOOST_ROOT}/build
 	${MO2_BUILD_PATH}/googletest/build/lib/cmake/GTest)
 
diff --git a/mo2_targets.cmake b/mo2_targets.cmake
index fbe39ec..a954288 100644
--- a/mo2_targets.cmake
+++ b/mo2_targets.cmake
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function(mo2_find_uibase)
         set_target_properties(mo2-uibase PROPERTIES
             IMPORTED_IMPLIB ${MO2_INSTALL_LIBS_PATH}/uibase.lib)
         mo2_add_dependencies(mo2-uibase
-            INTERFACE fmt Qt::Widgets Qt::Network Qt::QuickWidgets)
+            INTERFACE Qt::Widgets Qt::Network Qt::QuickWidgets)
         target_include_directories(mo2-uibase
             INTERFACE ${MO2_UIBASE_INCLUDE} ${MO2_UIBASE_INCLUDE}/game_features)
         add_library(mo2::uibase ALIAS mo2-uibase)
@@ -354,19 +354,6 @@ function(mo2_find_7z)
 
 endfunction()
 
-#! mo2_find_fmt : find and carete a mo2::fmt target
-#
-function(mo2_find_fmt)
-    if (TARGET mo2-fmt)
-        return()
-    endif()
-
-    find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
-    add_library(mo2-fmt ALIAS fmt::fmt)
-    add_library(mo2::fmt ALIAS fmt::fmt)
-
-endfunction()
-
 #! mo2_find_tomlplusplus : find and create a mo2::tomlplusplus target
 #
 function(mo2_find_tomlplusplus)