diff --git a/CMake/External/CMakeLists.txt b/CMake/External/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b08bf71e76136a567bd09b44b286d809d03e43b..8142bb8059cad9fd512236831c8dbc38fc9308d0 100644
--- a/CMake/External/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMake/External/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add( ${PROJECT_NAME}
   CMAKE_ARGS
     -D${PROJECT_NAME}_SUPERBUILD:BOOL=OFF
     -D${PROJECT_NAME}_USE_OMNI:BOOL=${${PROJECT_NAME}_USE_OMNI}
-    ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_PATHS}
   DEPENDS ${${PROJECT_NAME}_DEPENDENCIES}
   )
diff --git a/CMake/External/External_VegaFEM.cmake b/CMake/External/External_VegaFEM.cmake
index 1f448510fe2eb26f4ad3ee9b19a2fbc723f0512f..925f71998fe4d50e2a55869ce77ccde12670c8ff 100644
--- a/CMake/External/External_VegaFEM.cmake
+++ b/CMake/External/External_VegaFEM.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif(WIN32)
 include(imstkAddExternalProject)
 imstk_add_external_project( VegaFEM
   GIT_REPOSITORY git@gitlab.kitware.com:iMSTK/VegaFEM-CMake.git
-  GIT_TAG d1ab0858675d9dbc64345038b3e25cac19b99bbe
+  GIT_TAG 7bc1bda6a873e2cf4486f9ec3fe6b7b90da76941
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${SKIP_STEP_COMMAND}
   CMAKE_ARGS
     -DVegaFEM_ENABLE_PTHREADS_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON