diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5cb0502..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "extern/3DObjectTracking"]
-	path = extern/3DObjectTracking
-	url = git@github.com:DLR-RM/3DObjectTracking.git
-	branch = master
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0e65ee..9dd93c3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,33 +1,41 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
 project(pym3t LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-find_package(pybind11 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+option(USE_AZURE_KINECT "Use Azure Kinect" OFF)
+option(USE_REALSENSE "Use RealSense D435" ON)
+option(USE_GTEST "Use gtest" OFF)
 
-# TODO: find a way to pass these options as command line arguments
-set(USE_AZURE_KINECT OFF CACHE BOOL "Use Azure Kinect")
-set(USE_REALSENSE ON CACHE BOOL "Use RealSense D435")
-set(USE_GTEST OFF CACHE BOOL "Use gtest")
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0148 OLD) # required for current pybind11
 
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RELEASE")
-# set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "DEBUG")
+# set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RELEASE") set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "DEBUG")
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-
-# We need libraries to be generated with Position Independent Code
-# otherwise compilation error in the pybind11 code 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
-
-add_subdirectory(extern/3DObjectTracking/M3T)
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  pybind11
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11"
+  GIT_TAG "v2.11.1")
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  m3t
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/DLR-RM/3DObjectTracking.git"
+  GIT_TAG "master"
+  SOURCE_SUBDIR "M3T" CMAKE_ARGS "-DUSE_AZURE_KINECT=${USE_AZURE_KINECT}"
+  "-DUSE_REALSENSE=${USE_REALSENSE}" "-DUSE_GTEST=${USE_GTEST}")
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11 m3t)
 
 # Create library for the extensions to m3t
-add_library(m3t_ext src/dummy_camera.cpp)
-target_include_directories(m3t_ext PUBLIC include)
+add_library(m3t_ext src/dummy_camera.cpp include/pym3t/dummy_camera.h)
+target_compile_features(m3t_ext PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+target_include_directories(
+  m3t_ext
+  PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${m3t_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
 target_link_libraries(m3t_ext PUBLIC m3t)
 
 pybind11_add_module(_pym3t_mod MODULE src/pym3t.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(_pym3t_mod PUBLIC m3t)
 target_link_libraries(_pym3t_mod PUBLIC m3t_ext)
-target_compile_features(_pym3t_mod PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
-target_include_directories(_pym3t_mod PUBLIC include)
+target_include_directories(
+  _pym3t_mod PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+                    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>)
 
-install(TARGETS _pym3t_mod DESTINATION pym3t)
\ No newline at end of file
+install(TARGETS _pym3t_mod DESTINATION pym3t)
diff --git a/extern/3DObjectTracking b/extern/3DObjectTracking
deleted file mode 160000
index 35c26c4..0000000
--- a/extern/3DObjectTracking
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 35c26c4c6582f4e9ea12b4ad285c7f760f64c588
diff --git a/include/pym3t/dummy_camera.h b/include/pym3t/dummy_camera.h
index 27a6358..8ff0195 100644
--- a/include/pym3t/dummy_camera.h
+++ b/include/pym3t/dummy_camera.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef M3t_INCLUDE_M3t_dummy_camera_H_
 #define M3t_INCLUDE_M3t_dummy_camera_H_
 
-#include <filesystem/filesystem.h>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <m3t/camera.h>
 #include <m3t/common.h>
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 33aafe2..d399b19 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 # build time dependencies, installed in an isolated environment
-requires = ["scikit-build-core", "pybind11"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
 # use scikit-build instead of setuptools
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"