diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 290035934..8163d8a35 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(lunasvg EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
-# It's quite strange that this is needed but LunaSVG saves these artifacts to separate
-# subdirectories by default.
-set_target_properties(lunasvg
-    PROPERTIES
-    ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
-
 # Disable threading support for rlottie as this functionality actually leads to far worse
 # performance. As well there is a bug on Windows that makes rlottie hang forever on application
 # shutdown if compiled using MinGW with threading support enabled.