diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
index 59a25d91991cb..bed48b9eb580f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ jobs:
       Protobuf_SOURCE: BUNDLED # can be removed after #10134 is merged
       simdjson_SOURCE: BUNDLED
       xsimd_SOURCE: BUNDLED
-      c-ares_SOURCE: BUNDLED
       CUDA_VERSION: "12.4"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CMake/Findc-ares.cmake b/CMake/Findc-ares.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 8577ebc4cabd3..0000000000000
--- a/CMake/Findc-ares.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-find_package(c-ares CONFIG)
-if(c-ares_FOUND)
-  if(TARGET cares::cares)
-    return()
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-find_path(
-  C_ARES_INCLUDE_DIR
-  NAMES ares.h
-  PATH_SUFFIXES c-ares)
-find_library(C_ARES_LIBRARY NAMES c-ares)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(c-ares DEFAULT_MSG C_ARES_LIBRARY
-                                  C_ARES_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-if(c-ares_FOUND AND NOT TARGET cares::cares)
-  add_library(cares::cares UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-  set_target_properties(
-    cares::cares
-    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${C_ARES_LIBRARY}"
-               INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${C_ARES_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-endif()
-
-mark_as_advanced(C_ARES_INCLUDE_DIR C_ARES_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/c-ares.cmake b/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/c-ares.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a3df258d604c..0000000000000
--- a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/c-ares.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-include_guard(GLOBAL)
-
-set(VELOX_CARES_BUILD_VERSION cares-1_17_2)
-set(VELOX_CARES_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM
-    444b7dbf33cb6e8a764d069e3485cbaaa28386d60eace6988275c3cb9534d300)
-string(CONCAT VELOX_CARES_SOURCE_URL
-              "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/archive/refs/tags/"
-              "${VELOX_CARES_BUILD_VERSION}.tar.gz")
-
-resolve_dependency_url(CARES)
-
-message(STATUS "Building C-ARES from source")
-
-FetchContent_Declare(
-  c-ares
-  URL ${VELOX_CARES_SOURCE_URL}
-  URL_HASH ${VELOX_CARES_BUILD_SHA256_CHECKSUM}
-  OVERRIDE_FIND_PACKAGE EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL SYSTEM)
-
-set(CARES_STATIC ON)
-set(CARES_INSTALL ON)
-set(CARES_SHARED OFF)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(c-ares)
-add_library(cares::cares ALIAS c-ares)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36c37e813124b..8c5649d3f979a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -455,13 +455,10 @@ add_compile_definitions(FOLLY_HAVE_INT128_T=1)
 set_source(folly)
 resolve_dependency(folly)
 
-# Spark qury runner depends on absl, c-ares, grpc.
+# Spark qury runner depends on absl, grpc.
 set_source(absl)
 resolve_dependency(absl 20240116 EXACT)
 
-set_source(c-ares)
-resolve_dependency(c-ares)
-
 set_source(gRPC)
 resolve_dependency(gRPC 1.48.1 EXACT)
 
diff --git a/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/CMakeLists.txt
index f1a4bf661bb82..4a4f6ce937629 100644
--- a/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ZLIB::ZLIB
   re2::re2
   gRPC::address_sorting
-  cares::cares
+  c-ares::cares
   OpenSSL::SSL
   OpenSSL::Crypto
   pthread
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ZLIB::ZLIB
   re2::re2
   gRPC::address_sorting
-  cares::cares
+  c-ares::cares
   gRPC::upb
   OpenSSL::SSL
   OpenSSL::Crypto
diff --git a/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ba18287485928..021e13eacb0c3 100644
--- a/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/functions/sparksql/fuzzer/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ZLIB::ZLIB
   re2::re2
   gRPC::address_sorting
-  cares::cares
+  c-ares::cares
   gRPC::upb
   OpenSSL::SSL
   OpenSSL::Crypto