--- a/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake
@@ -211,14 +211,7 @@
  set(ONNXRUNTIME_PROTOBUF_PATCH_COMMAND "")
 endif()
 
-#Protobuf depends on absl and utf8_range
-FetchContent_Declare(
-  Protobuf
-  URL ${DEP_URL_protobuf}
-  URL_HASH SHA1=${DEP_SHA1_protobuf}
-  PATCH_COMMAND ${ONNXRUNTIME_PROTOBUF_PATCH_COMMAND}
-  FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES Protobuf protobuf
-)
+find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
 set(protobuf_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build protobuf tests" FORCE)
 #TODO: we'd better to turn the following option off. However, it will cause
@@ -239,7 +232,6 @@
 include(protobuf_function)
 #protobuf end
 
-onnxruntime_fetchcontent_makeavailable(Protobuf)
 if(Protobuf_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Protobuf version: ${Protobuf_VERSION}")
 else()