diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c8fcad98ec..39ca518e5b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Citra Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-[submodule "cubeb"]
-	path = externals/cubeb
-	url = https://github.com/mozilla/cubeb.git
-[submodule "libusb"]
-	path = externals/libusb/libusb
-	url = https://github.com/libusb/libusb.git
-[submodule "Vulkan-Headers"]
-	path = externals/Vulkan-Headers
-	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
 [submodule "xbyak"]
 	path = externals/xbyak
 	url = https://github.com/Lizzie841/xbyak.git
@@ -19,9 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "cpp-httplib"]
 	path = externals/cpp-httplib
 	url = https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib.git
-[submodule "ffmpeg"]
-	path = externals/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
-	url = https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git
 [submodule "vcpkg"]
 	path = externals/vcpkg
 	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
@@ -31,9 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "VulkanMemoryAllocator"]
 	path = externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
 	url = https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator.git
-[submodule "Vulkan-Utility-Libraries"]
-	path = externals/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
-	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries.git
 [submodule "externals/boost-headers"]
 	path = externals/boost-headers
 	url = https://github.com/boostorg/headers.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9d19b3c1b..cef992ae7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,22 +53,18 @@ option(ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE "Enable web services (telemetry, etc.)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_WIFI_SCAN "Enable WiFi scanning" OFF)
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-	option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" OFF)
+    option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" OFF)
 else()
-	option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" ON)
+    option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" ON)
 endif()
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-	option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS "Use Vulkan-Headers from externals" OFF)
+    option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" OFF)
 else()
-    option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS "Use Vulkan-Headers from externals" ON)
+    option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" ON)
 endif()
 
-if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-	option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" OFF)
-else()
-	option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" ON)
-endif()
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS "Use Vulkan-Headers from externals" ON "YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES" OFF)
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS "Use SPIRV-Tools from externals" OFF)
@@ -89,9 +85,9 @@ option(USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE "Enables Discord Rich Presence" OFF)
 option(YUZU_TESTS "Compile tests" "${BUILD_TESTING}")
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-	option(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" OFF)
+    option(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" OFF)
 else()
-	option(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" ON)
+    option(YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" ON)
 endif()
 
 option(YUZU_DOWNLOAD_ANDROID_VVL "Download validation layer binary for android" ON)
@@ -107,9 +103,9 @@ CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(YUZU_CRASH_DUMPS "Compile crash dump (Minidump) support"
 option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_VCPKG "Use vcpkg for yuzu dependencies" "${MSVC}")
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-	option(YUZU_CHECK_SUBMODULES "Check if submodules are present" OFF)
+    option(YUZU_CHECK_SUBMODULES "Check if submodules are present" OFF)
 else()
-	option(YUZU_CHECK_SUBMODULES "Check if submodules are present" ON)
+    option(YUZU_CHECK_SUBMODULES "Check if submodules are present" ON)
 endif()
 
 option(YUZU_ENABLE_LTO "Enable link-time optimization" OFF)
@@ -393,27 +389,19 @@ find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator CONFIG)
 find_package(ZLIB 1.2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(zstd 1.5 REQUIRED)
 
-if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS)
-    find_package(VulkanHeaders 1.3.274 REQUIRED)
-endif()
+# if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS)
+#     find_package(VulkanHeaders 1.3.274)
+# endif()
 
-if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
-    find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries REQUIRED)
-endif()
+# if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
+#     find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries)
+# endif()
 
 if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(SPIRV-Tools REQUIRED SPIRV-Tools)
 endif()
 
-if (ENABLE_LIBUSB)
-    if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-    	find_package(libusb MODULE)
-    else()
-    	find_package(libusb 1.0.24 MODULE)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 if (ARCHITECTURE_x86 OR ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
     find_package(xbyak 7 CONFIG)
 endif()
@@ -426,10 +414,6 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_x86_64 OR ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
     find_package(dynarmic 6.4.0 CONFIG)
 endif()
 
-if (ENABLE_CUBEB)
-    find_package(cubeb CONFIG)
-endif()
-
 if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
     find_package(DiscordRPC MODULE)
 endif()
@@ -491,6 +475,8 @@ set(FFmpeg_COMPONENTS
     avutil
     swscale)
 
+set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cache/cpm)
+
 add_subdirectory(externals)
 
 if (ENABLE_QT)
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index cdb0c0bb5b..9e74287118 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Citra Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
+# cpm
+include(CPM)
+
 # Dynarmic has cmake_minimum_required(3.12) and we may want to override
 # some of its variables, which is only possible in 3.13+
 set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0077 NEW)
@@ -57,11 +60,6 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "12" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER
     target_compile_options(microprofile INTERFACE "-Wno-array-bounds")
 endif()
 
-# libusb
-if (ENABLE_LIBUSB AND NOT TARGET libusb::usb)
-    add_subdirectory(libusb)
-endif()
-
 # SDL2
 if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
     if (NOT WIN32)
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
         set(SDL_FILE ON)
     endif()
 
-    include(CPM)
-    set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cache/cpm)
     set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES OFF)
 
     if ("${YUZU_SYSTEM_PROFILE}" STREQUAL "steamdeck")
@@ -104,20 +100,6 @@ if (NOT TARGET enet::enet)
     add_library(enet::enet ALIAS enet)
 endif()
 
-# Cubeb
-if (ENABLE_CUBEB AND NOT TARGET cubeb::cubeb)
-    set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
-    set(BUILD_TOOLS OFF)
-    add_subdirectory(cubeb)
-    add_library(cubeb::cubeb ALIAS cubeb)
-    if (NOT MSVC)
-        if (TARGET speex)
-            target_compile_options(speex PRIVATE -Wno-sign-compare)
-        endif()
-        target_compile_options(cubeb PRIVATE -Wno-implicit-const-int-float-conversion)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 # DiscordRPC
 if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE AND NOT TARGET DiscordRPC::discord-rpc)
     set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF)
@@ -163,14 +145,33 @@ endif()
 
 # Vulkan-Headers
 if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS)
-    add_subdirectory(Vulkan-Headers)
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES OFF)
+else()
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
 endif()
 
+# TODO(crueter): System vk-headers are too new for externals vk-util
+
+CPMAddPackage(
+    NAME VulkanHeaders
+    VERSION 1.3.274
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git"
+    GIT_TAG 89268a6d17
+)
+
 # Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
 if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
-    add_subdirectory(Vulkan-Utility-Libraries)
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES OFF)
+else()
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
 endif()
 
+CPMAddPackage(
+    NAME VulkanUtilityLibraries
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries.git"
+    GIT_TAG df2e358152
+)
+
 # SPIRV-Tools
 if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
     set(SPIRV_SKIP_EXECUTABLES ON)
diff --git a/externals/Vulkan-Headers b/externals/Vulkan-Headers
deleted file mode 160000
index 89268a6d17..0000000000
--- a/externals/Vulkan-Headers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 89268a6d17fc87003b209a1422c17ab288be99a0
diff --git a/externals/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries b/externals/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
deleted file mode 160000
index df2e358152..0000000000
--- a/externals/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit df2e3581520f36776cd42b9fec3ec4a51ab878ef
diff --git a/externals/cpp-httplib b/externals/cpp-httplib
index ca5fe354fb..a609330e4c 160000
--- a/externals/cpp-httplib
+++ b/externals/cpp-httplib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ca5fe354fb83194bc72a676c4cc4136fca5316d0
+Subproject commit a609330e4c6374f741d3b369269f7848255e1954
diff --git a/externals/cubeb b/externals/cubeb
deleted file mode 160000
index fa02160712..0000000000
--- a/externals/cubeb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fa021607121360af7c171d881dc5bc8af7bb56eb
diff --git a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 9eb71418a0..7cf654c041 100644
--- a/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Required program `autoconf` not found.")
     endif()
 
-    set(FFmpeg_PREFIX ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/ffmpeg/ffmpeg)
-    set(FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/ffmpeg-build)
+    include(CPM)
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES OFF)
+
+    CPMAddPackage("gh:ffmpeg/ffmpeg#9c1294eadd")
+
+    set(FFmpeg_PREFIX ${ffmpeg_SOURCE_DIR})
+    set(FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR ${ffmpeg_BINARY_DIR})
     set(FFmpeg_MAKEFILE ${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR}/Makefile)
     make_directory(${FFmpeg_BUILD_DIR})
 
diff --git a/externals/ffmpeg/ffmpeg b/externals/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
deleted file mode 160000
index 9c1294eadd..0000000000
--- a/externals/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9c1294eaddb88cb0e044c675ccae059a85fc9c6c
diff --git a/externals/libusb/libusb b/externals/libusb/libusb
deleted file mode 160000
index 3dbfa16f0c..0000000000
--- a/externals/libusb/libusb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3dbfa16f0cd9e8ed4fec916c6c00f41c738cb8f4
diff --git a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c94109de0..a1e5bdbdcd 100644
--- a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_x86_64 OR ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_CUBEB)
+    add_subdirectory(externals/cubeb)
+
     target_sources(audio_core PRIVATE
         sink/cubeb_sink.cpp
         sink/cubeb_sink.h
     )
 
-    target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE cubeb::cubeb)
+    target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE cubeb)
     target_compile_definitions(audio_core PRIVATE -DHAVE_CUBEB=1)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/audio_core/externals/cubeb/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio_core/externals/cubeb/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..789b3a9a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio_core/externals/cubeb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+include(CPM)
+set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
+CPMAddPackage(
+    URI "gh:mozilla/cubeb#fa02160712"
+    FIND_PACKAGE_ARGUMENTS "CONFIG" # not sure this works outside of gentoo
+)
+
+if (cubeb_ADDED)
+    set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
+    set(BUILD_TOOLS OFF)
+
+    if (NOT MSVC)
+        if (TARGET speex)
+            target_compile_options(speex PRIVATE -Wno-sign-compare)
+        endif()
+        target_compile_options(cubeb PRIVATE
+            -Wno-implicit-const-int-float-conversion
+            -Wno-shadow
+            -Wno-missing-declarations -Wno-return-type
+        )
+    else()
+        target_compile_options(cubeb PRIVATE
+            /wd4456
+            /wd4458
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
index d455323e05..e6b01c257b 100644
--- a/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_LIBUSB)
+    add_subdirectory(externals/libusb)
+
     target_sources(input_common PRIVATE
         drivers/gc_adapter.cpp
         drivers/gc_adapter.h
     )
-    target_link_libraries(input_common PRIVATE libusb::usb)
+    target_link_libraries(input_common PRIVATE libusb)
     target_compile_definitions(input_common PRIVATE HAVE_LIBUSB)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt b/src/input_common/externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 79%
rename from externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
rename to src/input_common/externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d50c9f8c8..e5c1980c7e 100644
--- a/externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/input_common/externals/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 yuzu Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
+include(CPM)
+set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
+
+CPMAddPackage(
+    URI "gh:libusb/libusb#3dbfa16f0c"
+    DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
+    VERSION 1.0.24 # freebsd??
+    FIND_PACKAGE_ARGUMENTS "CONFIG" # not sure this works outside of gentoo
+)
+
+if (NOT libusb_ADDED)
+    return()
+endif()
+
 if (MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux") OR APPLE)
     set(LIBUSB_FOUND ON CACHE BOOL "libusb is present" FORCE)
     set(LIBUSB_VERSION "1.0.24" CACHE STRING "libusb version string" FORCE)
@@ -19,8 +33,8 @@ if (MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux") OR APPLE)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Required program `libtoolize` not found.")
     endif()
 
-    set(LIBUSB_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libusb")
-    set(LIBUSB_SRC_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb")
+    set(LIBUSB_PREFIX "${libusb_BINARY_DIR}")
+    set(LIBUSB_SRC_DIR "${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
     # Workarounds for MSYS/MinGW
     if (MSYS)
@@ -118,20 +132,20 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
     endif()
 
     add_library(usb
-        libusb/libusb/core.c
-        libusb/libusb/core.c
-        libusb/libusb/descriptor.c
-        libusb/libusb/hotplug.c
-        libusb/libusb/io.c
-        libusb/libusb/strerror.c
-        libusb/libusb/sync.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/core.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/core.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/descriptor.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/hotplug.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/io.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/strerror.c
+        ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/sync.c
     )
     set_target_properties(usb PROPERTIES VERSION 1.0.24)
     if(WIN32)
         target_include_directories(usb
             BEFORE
             PUBLIC
-              libusb/libusb
+              ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb
 
             PRIVATE
               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
@@ -139,6 +153,22 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 
         if (NOT MINGW)
             target_include_directories(usb BEFORE PRIVATE libusb/msvc)
+            target_compile_definitions(usb PRIVATE
+                /wd2061
+                /wd2059
+                /wd2037
+                /wd2079
+                /wd2146
+                /wd2081
+                /wd2143
+                /wd2027
+                /wd4459
+                /wd2513
+                /wd2065
+                /wd2375
+                /wd2198
+                /wd1003
+            )
         endif()
 
     else()
@@ -148,7 +178,7 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
             BEFORE
 
             PUBLIC
-              libusb/libusb
+              ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb
 
             PRIVATE
               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
@@ -157,15 +187,15 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 
     if(WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-          libusb/libusb/os/threads_windows.c
-          libusb/libusb/os/windows_winusb.c
-          libusb/libusb/os/windows_usbdk.c
-          libusb/libusb/os/windows_common.c
+          ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/threads_windows.c
+          ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/windows_winusb.c
+          ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/windows_usbdk.c
+          ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/windows_common.c
         )
         set(OS_WINDOWS TRUE)
     elseif(APPLE)
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/darwin_usb.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/darwin_usb.c
         )
         find_library(COREFOUNDATION_LIBRARY CoreFoundation)
         find_library(IOKIT_LIBRARY IOKit)
@@ -178,20 +208,20 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
         set(OS_DARWIN TRUE)
     elseif(ANDROID)
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
-            libusb/libusb/os/linux_netlink.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/linux_netlink.c
         )
         find_library(LOG_LIBRARY log)
         target_link_libraries(usb PRIVATE ${LOG_LIBRARY})
         set(OS_LINUX TRUE)
     elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
         )
         find_package(Libudev)
         if(LIBUDEV_FOUND)
             target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-                libusb/libusb/os/linux_udev.c
+                ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/linux_udev.c
             )
             target_link_libraries(usb PRIVATE "${LIBUDEV_LIBRARIES}")
             target_include_directories(usb PRIVATE "${LIBUDEV_INCLUDE_DIR}")
@@ -199,26 +229,26 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
             set(USE_UDEV TRUE)
         else()
             target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-                libusb/libusb/os/linux_netlink.c
+                ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/linux_netlink.c
             )
         endif()
         set(OS_LINUX TRUE)
     elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD")
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/netbsd_usb.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/netbsd_usb.c
         )
         set(OS_NETBSD TRUE)
     elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "OpenBSD")
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/openbsd_usb.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/openbsd_usb.c
         )
         set(OS_OPENBSD TRUE)
     endif()
 
     if(UNIX)
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/events_posix.c
-            libusb/libusb/os/threads_posix.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/events_posix.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/threads_posix.c
         )
         find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
         if(THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG)
@@ -230,8 +260,8 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
         set(THREADS_POSIX TRUE)
     elseif(WIN32)
         target_sources(usb PRIVATE
-            libusb/libusb/os/events_windows.c
-            libusb/libusb/os/threads_windows.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/events_windows.c
+            ${libusb_SOURCE_DIR}/libusb/os/threads_windows.c
         )
     endif()
 
@@ -267,4 +297,4 @@ else() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
     configure_file(config.h.in config.h)
 endif() # MINGW OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 
-add_library(libusb::usb ALIAS usb)
+add_library(libusb ALIAS usb)
diff --git a/externals/libusb/config.h.in b/src/input_common/externals/libusb/config.h.in
similarity index 99%
rename from externals/libusb/config.h.in
rename to src/input_common/externals/libusb/config.h.in
index 42ae5a5e8a..dcad3365d7 100644
--- a/externals/libusb/config.h.in
+++ b/src/input_common/externals/libusb/config.h.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 yuzu Emulator Project
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c0dda296e..34c9853a6d 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ target_link_options(video_core PRIVATE ${FFmpeg_LDFLAGS})
 
 add_dependencies(video_core host_shaders)
 target_include_directories(video_core PRIVATE ${HOST_SHADERS_INCLUDE})
-target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE sirit Vulkan::Headers Vulkan::UtilityHeaders GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
+
+target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE sirit Vulkan::Headers VulkanUtilityHeaders GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
 
 if (ENABLE_NSIGHT_AFTERMATH)
     if (NOT DEFINED ENV{NSIGHT_AFTERMATH_SDK})
diff --git a/src/yuzu/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index d606e27108..23ddbfa6be 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 
 # QuaZip
 include(CPM)
-set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cache/cpm)
 set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
 
 CPMAddPackage(