diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ab7ea7..2219211 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,12 +161,9 @@ if (WITH_TESTS)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(dimbuilder)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/arbiter)
-add_subdirectory(vendor/schema-validator)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/kazhdan)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/lazperf)
-add_subdirectory(vendor/utfcpp)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/lepcc)
-add_subdirectory(vendor/h3)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 add_subdirectory(apps)
 
@@ -230,12 +227,13 @@ add_library(PDAL::PDAL ALIAS ${PDAL_LIB_NAME})
 
 
 
+find_package(Eigen3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(${PDAL_LIB_NAME} PRIVATE Eigen3::Eigen)
 target_include_directories(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
     SYSTEM BEFORE PRIVATE
-        ${PDAL_VENDOR_EIGEN_DIR}
         ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/kazhdan
-        ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/h3/include
 )
+target_link_libraries(${PDAL_LIB_NAME} PRIVATE h3::h3)
 target_include_directories(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
     PRIVATE
         ${ROOT_DIR}
@@ -270,6 +268,9 @@ target_link_libraries(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
         ${WINSOCK_LIBRARY}
 )
 
+find_package(nanoflann CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(${PDAL_LIB_NAME} PRIVATE nanoflann::nanoflann)
+
 if (ZSTD_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
         PRIVATE
@@ -304,9 +305,6 @@ target_include_directories(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
     INTERFACE
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
 
-target_compile_definitions(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
-    PRIVATE
-    H3_PREFIX=PDALH3)
 
 if(WIN32)
     target_compile_definitions(${PDAL_LIB_NAME}
diff --git a/cmake/h3.cmake b/cmake/h3.cmake
index 398ad6d..fb3c9ad 100644
--- a/cmake/h3.cmake
+++ b/cmake/h3.cmake
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 # H3 configuration.
 #
 
-set(PDAL_H3_LIB_NAME pdal_h3)
+find_package(h3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+set(PDAL_H3_LIB_NAME h3::h3)
 
diff --git a/cmake/schema-validator.cmake b/cmake/schema-validator.cmake
index 1f9f996..aeb598c 100644
--- a/cmake/schema-validator.cmake
+++ b/cmake/schema-validator.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
 # N Lohmann JSON schema validator handler
 #
-include(${PDAL_CMAKE_DIR}/nlohmann.cmake)
-set(JSON_SCHEMA_LIB_NAME pdal_json_schema)
+find_package(nlohmann_json_schema_validator CONFIG REQUIRED)
+set(JSON_SCHEMA_LIB_NAME nlohmann_json_schema_validator::validator)
diff --git a/cmake/utfcpp.cmake b/cmake/utfcpp.cmake
index 6543ff6..dc6fac8 100644
--- a/cmake/utfcpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utfcpp.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #
 # UTF CPP
 #
-set(UTFCPP_INCLUDE_DIR ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/utfcpp/source)
+find_package(utf8cpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
+set(UTFCPP_INCLUDE_DIR "")
 set(UTFCPP_LIB_NAME utf8::cpp)
 
diff --git a/pdal/JsonFwd.hpp b/pdal/JsonFwd.hpp
index 507c456..6b502d0 100644
--- a/pdal/JsonFwd.hpp
+++ b/pdal/JsonFwd.hpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
 #ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
 #define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
 
diff --git a/pdal/KDIndex.hpp b/pdal/KDIndex.hpp
index 8cfcf50..7c1a7ba 100644
--- a/pdal/KDIndex.hpp
+++ b/pdal/KDIndex.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <pdal/PointView.hpp>
+#include <nanoflann.hpp>
 
 namespace pdal
 {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class KDFlexImpl;
 class PDAL_EXPORT KD2Index
 {
 public:
-    using RadiusResult = std::pair<size_t, double>;
+    using RadiusResult = nanoflann::ResultItem<size_t, double>;
     using RadiusResults = std::vector<RadiusResult>;
 
     KD2Index(const PointView& buf);
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ private:
 class PDAL_EXPORT KD3Index
 {
 public:
-    using RadiusResult = std::pair<size_t, double>;
+    using RadiusResult = nanoflann::ResultItem<size_t, double>;
     using RadiusResults = std::vector<RadiusResult>;
 
     KD3Index(const PointView& buf);
diff --git a/pdal/private/KDImpl.hpp b/pdal/private/KDImpl.hpp
index a328f34..bedb367 100644
--- a/pdal/private/KDImpl.hpp
+++ b/pdal/private/KDImpl.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <nanoflann/nanoflann.hpp>
+#include <nanoflann.hpp>
+#define SearchParams SearchParameters
 
 namespace pdal
 {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ namespace pdal
 class KD2Impl
 {
 public:
-    using RadiusResults = std::vector<std::pair<size_t, double>>;
+    using RadiusResults = std::vector<nanoflann::ResultItem<std::size_t, double>>;
 
     KD2Impl(const PointView& buf) : m_buf(buf),
         m_index(2, *this, nanoflann::KDTreeSingleIndexAdaptorParams(100))
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public:
     PointIdList radius(double x, double y, double r) const
     {
         PointIdList output;
-        std::vector<std::pair<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
+        std::vector<nanoflann::ResultItem<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
         nanoflann::SearchParams params;
         params.sorted = true;
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ private:
 class KD3Impl
 {
 public:
-    using RadiusResults = std::vector<std::pair<size_t, double>>;
+    using RadiusResults = std::vector<nanoflann::ResultItem<std::size_t, double>>;
 
     KD3Impl(const PointView& buf) : m_buf(buf),
         m_index(3, *this, nanoflann::KDTreeSingleIndexAdaptorParams(100))
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ public:
     PointIdList radius(double x, double y, double z, double r) const
     {
         PointIdList output;
-        std::vector<std::pair<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
+        std::vector<nanoflann::ResultItem<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
         nanoflann::SearchParams params;
         params.sorted = true;
 
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ public:
     PointIdList radius(PointId idx, double r) const
     {
         PointIdList output;
-        std::vector<std::pair<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
+        std::vector<nanoflann::ResultItem<std::size_t, double>> ret_matches;
         nanoflann::SearchParams params;
         params.sorted = true;
 
diff --git a/plugins/e57/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/e57/CMakeLists.txt
index a94ab26..1d15330 100644
--- a/plugins/e57/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/e57/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (STANDALONE)
 endif(STANDALONE)
 
 
-add_subdirectory(libE57Format)
+find_package(e57format CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 PDAL_ADD_PLUGIN(e57plugin_reader reader e57
     FILES
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ PDAL_ADD_PLUGIN(e57plugin_reader reader e57
         E57Format
         ${PDAL_LIBRARIES}
     INCLUDES
-        libE57Format/include
 )
 target_compile_definitions(${e57plugin_reader}
     PRIVATE
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ PDAL_ADD_PLUGIN(e57plugin_writer writer e57
         E57Format
         ${PDAL_LIBRARIES}
     INCLUDES
-        libE57Format/include
 )
 
 if (WITH_TESTS)
diff --git a/tools/lasdump/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lasdump/CMakeLists.txt
index fa842d1..a9f4e7a 100644
--- a/tools/lasdump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lasdump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ add_executable(lasdump
 
 # Explicitly link and tell CMake to link libstdc++
 target_link_libraries(lasdump PRIVATE
+    ${UTFCPP_LIB_NAME}
     ${PDAL_LAZPERF_LIB_NAME}
     GDAL::GDAL
     "$<$<AND:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>,$<VERSION_LESS:$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>,9.0>>:-lstdc++fs>"