diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 5acedba78c..2b90d495ef 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -8,18 +8,26 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # Eigen
+# We avoid configuring the Eigen library via FetchContent_MakeAvaiable
+# to avoid the verbosity of Eigen's CMake configuration output.
 if(MRTRIX_LOCAL_DEPENDENCIES)
     set(eigen_url ${MRTRIX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/eigen-3.4.0.tar.gz)
 else()
     set(eigen_url "https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen/-/archive/3.4.0/eigen-3.4.0.tar.gz")
 endif()
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(eigen3)
 
 FetchContent_Declare(
     eigen3
     DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP ON
     URL ${eigen_url}
 )
+FetchContent_GetProperties(Eigen3)
+if(NOT eigen3_POPULATED)
+    FetchContent_Populate(Eigen3)
+    add_library(Eigen3 INTERFACE)
+    add_library(Eigen3::Eigen ALIAS Eigen3)
+    target_include_directories(Eigen3 INTERFACE "${eigen3_SOURCE_DIR}")
+endif()
 
 # Json for Modern C++
 if(MRTRIX_LOCAL_DEPENDENCIES)
diff --git a/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d5e113398..7b778e2bea 100644
--- a/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ if(MRTRIX_USE_PCH)
     file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pch_cmd.cpp CONTENT "int main(){}")
     add_executable(pch_cmd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pch_cmd.cpp)
     target_include_directories(pch_cmd PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../core)
-    find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(pch_cmd PRIVATE Eigen3::Eigen half::half)
     target_precompile_headers(pch_cmd PRIVATE
         [["app.h"]]
diff --git a/thirdparty/eigen.patch b/thirdparty/eigen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f36ddeedbb..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/eigen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index f3e69b845..f50304eac 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
- include(GNUInstallDirs)
- include(CMakeDependentOption)
- 
-+if(0)
- set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
- 
- 
-@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ endif()
- set(EIGEN_CUDA_COMPUTE_ARCH 30 CACHE STRING "The CUDA compute architecture level to target when compiling CUDA code")
- 
- include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-+endif()
- 
- # Backward compatibility support for EIGEN_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR
- if(EIGEN_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)
-@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ endif()
- 
- install(DIRECTORY Eigen DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Devel)
- 
--
-+if(0)
- option(EIGEN_BUILD_DOC "Enable creation of Eigen documentation" ON)
- if(EIGEN_BUILD_DOC)
-   add_subdirectory(doc EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-@@ -532,9 +534,10 @@ if(EIGEN_TEST_SYCL)
-     add_definitions(-DEIGEN_DONT_VECTORIZE_SYCL=1)
-   endif()
- endif()
-+endif()
- 
- add_subdirectory(unsupported)
--
-+if(0)
- add_subdirectory(demos EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
- 
- # must be after test and unsupported, for configuring buildtests.in
-@@ -554,11 +557,12 @@ configure_file(scripts/cdashtesting.cmake.in cdashtesting.cmake @ONLY)
- if(BUILD_TESTING)
-   ei_testing_print_summary()
- endif()
--
-+endif()
- message(STATUS "")
- message(STATUS "Configured Eigen ${EIGEN_VERSION_NUMBER}")
- message(STATUS "")
- 
-+if(0)
- string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" cmake_generator_tolower)
- if(cmake_generator_tolower MATCHES "makefile")
-   message(STATUS "Available targets (use: make TARGET):")
-@@ -586,7 +590,7 @@ message(STATUS "blas     | Build BLAS library (not the same thing as Eigen)")
- message(STATUS "uninstall| Remove files installed by the install target")
- message(STATUS "---------+--------------------------------------------------------------")
- message(STATUS "")
--
-+endif()
- 
- set ( EIGEN_VERSION_STRING ${EIGEN_VERSION_NUMBER} )
- set ( EIGEN_VERSION_MAJOR  ${EIGEN_WORLD_VERSION} )