diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f29b20ee41..22bea40d49 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "libusb"]
 	path = externals/libusb/libusb
 	url = https://github.com/libusb/libusb.git
-[submodule "VulkanMemoryAllocator"]
-	path = externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
-	url = https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator.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 263271470d..8169e566ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ find_package(nlohmann_json 3.8 REQUIRED)
 find_package(RenderDoc MODULE)
 find_package(SimpleIni MODULE)
 find_package(stb MODULE)
-find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator CONFIG)
 find_package(ZLIB 1.2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(zstd 1.5 REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 1391e9dcd5..a586b379e6 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ endif()
 
 # cpp-jwt
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
-    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
+    set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES OFF)
 
     CPMAddPackage(
         NAME cpp-jwt
@@ -305,9 +305,14 @@ add_subdirectory(boost-headers)
 add_subdirectory(nx_tzdb)
 
 # VMA
-if (NOT TARGET GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
-    add_subdirectory(VulkanMemoryAllocator)
-endif()
+set(CPM_USE_LOCAL_PACKAGES ON)
+
+CPMAddPackage(
+    NAME VulkanMemoryAllocator
+    URL "https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator/archive/1076b348ab.zip"
+    URL_HASH SHA512=a46b44e4286d08cffda058e856c47f44c7fed3da55fe9555976eb3907fdcc20ead0b1860b0c38319cda01dbf9b1aa5d4b4038c7f1f8fbd97283d837fa9af9772
+    FIND_PACKAGE_ARGUMENTS "CONFIG"
+)
 
 if (NOT TARGET LLVM::Demangle)
     add_library(demangle demangle/ItaniumDemangle.cpp)
diff --git a/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator b/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
deleted file mode 160000
index 1076b348ab..0000000000
--- a/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1076b348abd17859a116f4b111c43d58a588a086
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 34c9853a6d..6d0c7e9634 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ 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 VulkanUtilityHeaders GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator)
+target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE sirit Vulkan::Headers VulkanUtilityHeaders)
 
 if (ENABLE_NSIGHT_AFTERMATH)
     if (NOT DEFINED ENV{NSIGHT_AFTERMATH_SDK})
diff --git a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
index 22c0ff5109..a6e00e4e71 100644
--- a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ add_library(web_service STATIC
 )
 
 create_target_directory_groups(web_service)
-target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE common network nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib::httplib cpp-jwt)
+target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE common network nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib::httplib)
 
 if (YUZU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
     target_precompile_headers(web_service PRIVATE precompiled_headers.h)