diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt.sh b/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt.sh
index 0bd218399f..c0df81f1b8 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_libcuopt.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ EXCLUDE_ARGS=(
   --exclude "librapids_logger.so"
   --exclude "libmps_parser.so"
   --exclude "librmm.so"
-  --exclude "libpapilo-core.a"
 )
 
 ci/build_wheel.sh libcuopt ${package_dir}
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
index 7f754f4d3a..8517fc45b7 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ outputs:
       script:
         content: |
           cmake --install cpp/build
-          # Remove papilo _deps directory from cmake files
-          rm -rf "${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/papilo/_deps"
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ab18b6fab4..70c6ea0cc7 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
   #we can switch to the main branch.
   GIT_TAG "741a2b9c8155b249d6df574d758b4d97d4417520"
   GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
+  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   SYSTEM
 )
 
diff --git a/python/libcuopt/pyproject.toml b/python/libcuopt/pyproject.toml
index c4aa4e2cbf..62f8011dc1 100644
--- a/python/libcuopt/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libcuopt/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ sdist.reproducible = true
 wheel.packages = ["libcuopt"]
 wheel.install-dir = "libcuopt"
 wheel.py-api = "py3"
-wheel.exclude = [
-  "libcuopt/lib64/cmake/papilo/_deps/**",
-  "libcuopt/lib/cmake/papilo/_deps/**",
-]
 
 [tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
 provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"