diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69d63c8b20..cdf6829c4e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ option(BUILD_FILE_REORG_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY "Build with file/folder reorg wit
 set( MIOPEN_INSTALL_DIR miopen)
 set( DATA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/miopen )
 
+if(MIOPEN_ENABLE_AI_KERNEL_TUNING OR MIOPEN_ENABLE_AI_IMMED_MODE_FALLBACK)
+    find_package(frugally-deep CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
 set(MIOPEN_GPU_SYNC Off CACHE BOOL "")
 if(BUILD_DEV)
     set(MIOPEN_BUILD_DEV 1)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d4b5b00420..4ed162ae92 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -733,8 +733,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
 endif()
 
 if(MIOPEN_ENABLE_AI_KERNEL_TUNING OR MIOPEN_ENABLE_AI_IMMED_MODE_FALLBACK)
-    find_package(frugally-deep CONFIG REQUIRED GLOBAL)
-    find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED GLOBAL)
     target_link_libraries(MIOpen PRIVATE frugally-deep::fdeep Eigen3::Eigen)
     if(NOT TARGET nlohmann_json)
 	# frugally-deep has broken linking to nlohmann_json