diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index 21d2856e4..8b91f6a34 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ if (${AMBER_ENABLE_SPIRV_TOOLS})
   STRING(REGEX REPLACE ";" " " CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
   set(SPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv-headers CACHE STRING "")
   set(SPIRV_SKIP_TESTS ON CACHE BOOL ON)
-  set(SPIRV_SKIP_EXECUTABLES ON CACHE BOOL ON)
-  set(SPIRV_HEADERS_SKIP_EXAMPLES ON CACHE BOOL ON)
-  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv-tools)
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv-tools EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CXX_BACK})
 endif()