diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e7bae472c4..b3089584b66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ if(GINKGO_BUILD_MPI)
 endif()
 
 # Try to find the third party packages before using our subdirectories
-include(cmake/package_helpers.cmake)
 if(GINKGO_BUILD_TESTS)
     find_package(GTest 1.10.0) # No need for QUIET as CMake ships FindGTest
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/DownloadNonCMakeCMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/DownloadNonCMakeCMakeLists.txt.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c9483b8d00..00000000000
--- a/cmake/DownloadNonCMakeCMakeLists.txt.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
-project(${package_name})
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(${package_name}
-    URL               "${package_url}"
-    URL_HASH          "${package_hash}"
-    DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS TRUE
-    SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-    BUILD_COMMAND     ""
-    INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
-    UPDATE_DISCONNECTED ${GINKGO_SKIP_DEPENDENCY_UPDATE}
-    )
-
-ExternalProject_Add_Step(${package_name} custom_configure
-    COMMAND "${config_command}" "${ARGN}"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}"
-    DEPENDEES download)
-ExternalProject_Add_Step(${package_name} custom_build
-    COMMAND make
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}"
-    DEPENDEES custom_configure)
-ExternalProject_Add_Step(${package_name} custom_install
-    COMMAND make all install
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_dir}"
-    DEPENDEES custom_build)
diff --git a/cmake/package_helpers.cmake b/cmake/package_helpers.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 1abc1a72587..00000000000
--- a/cmake/package_helpers.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-set(NON_CMAKE_PACKAGE_DOWNLOADER_SCRIPT
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/DownloadNonCMakeCMakeLists.txt.in")
-
-
-#   Load a package from the url provided and run configure (Non-CMake projects)
-#
-#   \param package_name     Name of the package
-#   \param package_url      Url of the package
-#   \param package_tag      Tag or version of the package to be downloaded.
-#   \param working_dir      The directory where the configure/build should happen.
-#   \param config_command   The command for the configuration step.
-#
-function(ginkgo_load_and_configure_package package_name package_url package_hash working_dir config_command)
-    set(GINKGO_THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-    if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "[Rr][Ee][Ll][Ee][Aa][Ss][Ee]")
-        set(GINKGO_THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-    endif()
-    configure_file(${NON_CMAKE_PACKAGE_DOWNLOADER_SCRIPT}
-        download/CMakeLists.txt)
-    set(TOOLSET "")
-    if (NOT "${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}" STREQUAL "")
-        set(TOOLSET "-T${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}")
-    endif()
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" "${TOOLSET}" .
-        RESULT_VARIABLE result
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/download)
-    if(result)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR
-            "CMake step for ${package_name}/download failed: ${result}")
-        return()
-    endif()
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
-        RESULT_VARIABLE result
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/download)
-    if(result)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR
-            "Build step for ${package_name}/download failed: ${result}")
-        return()
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-
-#   Download a file and verify the download
-#
-#   \param url          The url of file to be downloaded
-#   \param filename     The name of the file
-#   \param hash_type    The type of hash, See CMake file() documentation for more details.
-#   \param hash         The hash itself, See CMake file() documentation for more details.
-#
-function(ginkgo_download_file url filename hash_type hash)
-    file(DOWNLOAD ${url} ${filename}
-        TIMEOUT 60  # seconds
-        EXPECTED_HASH "${hash_type}=${hash}"
-        TLS_VERIFY ON)
-    if(EXISTS ${filename})
-        message(STATUS "${filename} downloaded from ${url}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Download of ${filename} failed.")
-    endif()
-endfunction(ginkgo_download_file)