diff --git a/cmake/SetupXercesC.cmake b/cmake/SetupXercesC.cmake
index 0f288e48d861beb08de55d44e7b635f5324c47e4..16e0db055b80e2be6e9196d1106da724caab1549 100644
--- a/cmake/SetupXercesC.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SetupXercesC.cmake
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ if(GEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC)
   ExternalProject_Add( XercesCBuiltIn
     PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCBuild"
     INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCInstall"
-    URL "https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/archive/refs/tags/${XercesC_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-    URL_MD5 "a5fa4d920fce31c9ca3bfef241644494"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env CXXFLAGS=-std=c++${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --disable-static --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+    URL "https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/archive/refs/tags/v${XercesC_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    URL_MD5 "9662878f56e5bc1eb7a9b4c572d37a1d"
+    CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
     INSTALL_COMMAND make install
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove -f "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCInstall/lib/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}xerces-c.la"
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCInstall/lib/pkgconfig"
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${XercesC_LIBRARY}" )
-  install(DIRECTORY
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+  
+    install(DIRECTORY
      "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCInstall/bin"
      "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/XercesCInstall/lib"
      DESTINATION .