diff --git a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 72c3f96b04..6761324359 100644
--- a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,12 +157,18 @@ if(CLP_NEED_BOOST)
     if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
         set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
     endif()
-    find_package(Boost 1.89 REQUIRED iostreams program_options filesystem regex url)
-    if(Boost_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found Boost ${Boost_VERSION}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ${CLP_LIBS_STRING} libraries for Boost")
-    endif()
+    find_package(
+        Boost
+        1.81...1.88
+        REQUIRED
+            filesystem
+            iostreams
+            program_options
+            regex
+            system
+            url
+    )
+    message(STATUS "Found Boost ${Boost_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 if(CLP_NEED_CATCH2)
@@ -271,14 +277,10 @@ if(CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# Find and setup msgpack
+# Find and setup msgpack-cxx
 if(CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX)
     find_package(msgpack-cxx 7.0.0 REQUIRED)
-    if(msgpack-cxx_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found msgpack-cxx ${msgpack-cxx_VERSION}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find msgpack-cxx")
-    endif()
+    message(STATUS "Found msgpack-cxx ${msgpack-cxx_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
@@ -731,7 +733,11 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_TESTING)
     target_link_libraries(unitTest
             PRIVATE
             absl::flat_hash_map
-            Boost::filesystem Boost::iostreams Boost::program_options Boost::regex Boost::url
+            Boost::filesystem
+            Boost::iostreams
+            Boost::program_options
+            Boost::regex
+            Boost::url
             Catch2::Catch2WithMain
             ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
             clp_s::search::ast
@@ -745,6 +751,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_TESTING)
             LibLZMA::LibLZMA
             MariaDBClient::MariaDBClient
             ${MONGOCXX_TARGET}
+            msgpack-cxx
             nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
             simdjson::simdjson
             spdlog::spdlog
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
index 42edf242e1..a66d489fd9 100644
--- a/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
+++ b/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ function(set_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies)
         CLP_NEED_FMT
         CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX
         CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
+        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
     )
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
index 659ad5c737..d96f240b67 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 fmt::fmt
                 log_surgeon::log_surgeon
                 MariaDBClient::MariaDBClient
+                msgpack-cxx
                 nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
                 spdlog::spdlog
                 ${sqlite_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
index b4a1c4108e..c0bf965a61 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 ${sqlite_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
                 LibArchive::LibArchive
                 MariaDBClient::MariaDBClient
+                msgpack-cxx
                 nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
                 ${STD_FS_LIBS}
                 clp::string_utils
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
index 46cbda49d3..840d90c2ee 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set(
         ../clp/cli_utils.hpp
         ../clp/Defs.h
         ../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.cpp
-        ../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.hpp    
+        ../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.hpp
         ../clp/ErrorCode.hpp
         ../clp/ffi/encoding_methods.cpp
         ../clp/ffi/encoding_methods.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ set(
         ../clp/ir/parsing.inc
         ../clp/ir/types.hpp
         ../clp/LogSurgeonReader.cpp
-        ../clp/LogSurgeonReader.hpp    
+        ../clp/LogSurgeonReader.hpp
         ../clp/NetworkReader.cpp
         ../clp/NetworkReader.hpp
         ../clp/networking/socket_utils.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ set(
         ../clp/Query.cpp
         ../clp/Query.hpp
         ../clp/QueryToken.cpp
-        ../clp/QueryToken.hpp    
+        ../clp/QueryToken.hpp
         ../clp/ReaderInterface.cpp
         ../clp/ReaderInterface.hpp
         ../clp/ReadOnlyMemoryMappedFile.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES)
                 clp::string_utils
                 log_surgeon::log_surgeon
                 ystdlib::containers
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
                 PRIVATE
                 Boost::regex
                 ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES)
                 OpenSSL::Crypto
                 spdlog::spdlog
                 ystdlib::error_handling
-                ${zstd_TARGET}
         )
 endif()
 
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_JSONCONSTRUCTOR)
                 clp_s_json_constructor
                 PUBLIC
                 clp_s::archive_reader
+                ${zstd_TARGET}
                 PRIVATE
                 fmt::fmt
                 ${MONGOCXX_TARGET}
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
index dbf8c35006..e63b4021fe 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(
         ../../clp/database_utils.hpp
         ../../clp/Defs.h
         ../../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.cpp
-        ../../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.hpp 
+        ../../clp/EncodedVariableInterpreter.hpp
         ../../clp/ErrorCode.hpp
         ../../clp/ffi/encoding_methods.cpp
         ../../clp/ffi/encoding_methods.hpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
                 clp::string_utils
                 date::date
                 MariaDBClient::MariaDBClient
+                msgpack-cxx
                 nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
                 OpenSSL::Crypto
                 simdjson::simdjson
diff --git a/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
index c4818166d4..ec830624b8 100644
--- a/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
         target_link_libraries(reducer-server
                 PRIVATE
                 Boost::program_options
+                Boost::system
                 clp::string_utils
                 fmt::fmt
                 ${MONGOCXX_TARGET}
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-packages-from-source.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-packages-from-source.sh
index 4757c5c7b6..a71856c1af 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-packages-from-source.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/centos-stream-9/install-packages-from-source.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,4 @@ set -u
 script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 lib_install_scripts_dir="${script_dir}/.."
 
-# NOTE: The remaining installation scripts depend on boost, so we install it beforehand.
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/install-boost.sh" 1.89.0
-
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/liblzma.sh" 5.8.1
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/msgpack.sh" 7.0.0
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/install-boost.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/install-boost.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2733e9886c..0000000000
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/install-boost.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Exit on error
-set -e
-
-cUsage="Usage: ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} <version>"
-if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] ; then
-    echo $cUsage
-    exit
-fi
-version=$1
-version_with_underscores=${version//./_}
-
-echo "Checking for elevated privileges..."
-if [ ${EUID:-$(id -u)} -ne 0 ] ; then
-  sudo echo "Script can elevate privileges."
-fi
-
-# Get number of cpu cores
-num_cpus=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
-
-package_name=boost
-
-# Create temp dir for installation
-temp_dir=/tmp/${package_name}-installation
-mkdir -p $temp_dir
-
-cd $temp_dir
-
-# Download source
-tar_filename=boost_${version_with_underscores}.tar.gz
-curl -fsSL https://archives.boost.io/release/${version}/source/${tar_filename} -o ${tar_filename}
-tar xzf ${tar_filename}
-cd boost_${version_with_underscores}
-
-# Build
-./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=filesystem,iostreams,program_options,regex,system,url
-./b2 -j${num_cpus}
-
-# Install
-if [ ${EUID:-$(id -u)} -ne 0 ] ; then
-  sudo ./b2 install
-else
-  ./b2 install
-fi
-
-# Clean up
-rm -rf $temp_dir
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/macos/install-all.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/macos/install-all.sh
index 06b5798e62..78327c4956 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/macos/install-all.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/macos/install-all.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ if ! command -v uv ; then
 fi
 
 brew install \
-  boost \
   coreutils \
   gcc \
   java11 \
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ brew install \
   llvm@16 \
   lz4 \
   mariadb-connector-c \
-  msgpack-cxx \
   xz \
   zstd
 
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/manylinux_2_28/install-packages-from-source.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/manylinux_2_28/install-packages-from-source.sh
index 8cb33f4f4b..dc185d7406 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/manylinux_2_28/install-packages-from-source.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/manylinux_2_28/install-packages-from-source.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 lib_install_scripts_dir="${script_dir}/.."
 
-# NOTE: The remaining installation scripts depend on boost, so we install it beforehand.
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/install-boost.sh" 1.89.0
-
 # NOTE:
 # 1. libarchive may statically link with LZMA, LZ4, and Zstandard, so we install them beforehand.
 # 2. The versions of libarchive, LZMA, LZ4, and Zstandard available in manylinux_2_28's package
@@ -18,5 +15,3 @@ lib_install_scripts_dir="${script_dir}/.."
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/lz4.sh" 1.10.0
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/zstandard.sh" 1.5.7
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/libarchive.sh" 3.8.0
-
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/msgpack.sh" 7.0.0
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/msgpack.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/msgpack.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a89cba0715..0000000000
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/msgpack.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Dependencies:
-# - Boost
-# NOTE: Dependencies should be installed outside the script to allow the script to be largely distro-agnostic
-
-# Exit on any error
-set -e
-
-cUsage="Usage: ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} <version>[ <.deb output directory>]"
-if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] ; then
-    echo $cUsage
-    exit
-fi
-version=$1
-
-package_name=msgpackc-cxx
-temp_dir=/tmp/${package_name}-installation
-deb_output_dir=${temp_dir}
-if [[ "$#" -gt 1 ]] ; then
-  deb_output_dir="$(readlink -f "$2")"
-  if [ ! -d ${deb_output_dir} ] ; then
-    echo "${deb_output_dir} does not exist or is not a directory"
-    exit
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Check if already installed
-set +e
-dpkg -l ${package_name} | grep ${version}
-installed=$?
-set -e
-if [ $installed -eq 0 ] ; then
-  # Nothing to do
-  exit
-fi
-
-echo "Checking for elevated privileges..."
-install_cmd_args=()
-if [ ${EUID:-$(id -u)} -ne 0 ] ; then
-  sudo echo "Script can elevate privileges."
-  install_cmd_args+=("sudo")
-fi
-
-# Download
-mkdir -p $temp_dir
-cd $temp_dir
-extracted_dir=${temp_dir}/msgpack-cxx-${version}
-if [ ! -e ${extracted_dir} ] ; then
-  tar_filename=msgpack-cxx-${version}.tar.gz
-  if [ ! -e ${tar_filename} ] ; then
-    curl -fsSL https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/releases/download/cpp-${version}/${tar_filename} -o ${tar_filename}
-  fi
-
-  tar -xf ${tar_filename}
-fi
-
-# Set up
-cd ${extracted_dir}
-cmake .
-
-# Check if checkinstall is installed
-set +e
-command -v checkinstall
-checkinstall_installed=$?
-set -e
-
-# Install
-if [ $checkinstall_installed -eq 0 ] ; then
-  install_cmd_args+=(
-    checkinstall
-    --default
-    --fstrans=no
-    --nodoc
-    --pkgname "${package_name}"
-    --pkgversion "${version}"
-    --provides "${package_name}"
-    --pakdir "${deb_output_dir}"
-  )
-fi
-install_cmd_args+=(
-  cmake
-  --build .
-  --target install
-)
-"${install_cmd_args[@]}"
-
-# Clean up
-rm -rf $temp_dir
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/musllinux_1_2/install-packages-from-source.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/musllinux_1_2/install-packages-from-source.sh
index bf1575284c..645f95dd4a 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/musllinux_1_2/install-packages-from-source.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/musllinux_1_2/install-packages-from-source.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 lib_install_scripts_dir="${script_dir}/.."
 
-# NOTE: The remaining installation scripts depend on boost, so we install it beforehand.
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/install-boost.sh" 1.89.0
-
 # NOTE:
 # 1. libarchive may statically link with LZMA, LZ4, and Zstandard, so we install them beforehand.
 # 2. The versions of libarchive, LZMA, LZ4, and Zstandard available in musllinux_1_2's package
@@ -18,5 +15,3 @@ lib_install_scripts_dir="${script_dir}/.."
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/lz4.sh" 1.10.0
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/zstandard.sh" 1.5.7
 "${lib_install_scripts_dir}/libarchive.sh" 3.8.0
-
-"${lib_install_scripts_dir}/msgpack.sh" 7.0.0
diff --git a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
index f8dfc74465..7b0488beff 100755
--- a/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
+++ b/components/core/tools/scripts/lib_install/ubuntu-jammy/install-packages-from-source.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ set -u
 script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 lib_install_scripts_dir=$script_dir/..
 
-# NOTE: boost must be installed first since the remaining packages depend on it
-"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/install-boost.sh 1.89.0
-
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/libarchive.sh 3.5.1
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/liblzma.sh 5.8.1
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/lz4.sh 1.10.0
-"$lib_install_scripts_dir"/msgpack.sh 7.0.0
 "$lib_install_scripts_dir"/zstandard.sh 1.5.7
diff --git a/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md b/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
index a8d36d8c87..272fcc0269 100644
--- a/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/dev-guide/components-core/index.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ The task will download, build, and install (within the build directory) the foll
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 | [abseil-cpp](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp)                    | 20250512.0     |
 | [ANTLR](https://www.antlr.org)                                        | v4.13.2        |
+| [Boost](https://github.com/boostorg/boost)                            | v1.87.0        |
 | [Catch2](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git)                      | v3.8.0         |
 | [date](https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date.git)                     | v3.0.1         |
 | [fmt](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt)                                  | v10.2.1        |
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ The task will download, build, and install (within the build directory) the foll
 | [liblzma](https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz)                      | v5.8.1         |
 | [lz4](https://github.com/lz4/lz4)                                     | v1.10.0        |
 | [mongo-cxx-driver](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver)       | r3.10.2        |
+| [msgpack-cxx](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/tree/cpp_master)   | v7.0.0         |
 | [simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson)                      | v3.13.0        |
 | [spdlog](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog)                            | v1.14.1        |
 | [SQLite3](https://www.sqlite.org/download.html)                       | v3.36.0        |
diff --git a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
index ec97e1e273..8eaf638d52 100644
--- a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
+++ b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ vars:
   G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_DIR}}/cmake-settings"
 
   # Library names
+  G_BOOST_LIB_NAME: "Boost"
   G_FMT_LIB_NAME: "fmt"
   G_GSL_LIB_NAME: "Microsoft.GSL"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ vars:
   G_ANTLR_VERSION: "4.13.2"
   G_ANTLR_JAR_FILE: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_DIR}}/antlr-{{.G_ANTLR_VERSION}}-complete.jar"
 
+# NOTE: For dependencies built using CMake, we set CMP0074 to NEW whenever:
+# - a component's minimum required CMake version is less than 3.27 (where CMP0074 defaults to OLD);
+#   and
+# - the component depends on another via `<lib_name>_ROOT`.
 tasks:
   default:
     deps:
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "absl"
       - task: "antlr-jar"
       - task: "antlr-runtime"
+      - task: "boost"
       - task: "catch2"
       - task: "date"
       - task: "fmt"
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "lz4"
       - task: "microsoft.gsl"
       - task: "mongocxx"
+      - task: "msgpack-cxx"
       - task: "nlohmann_json"
       - task: "simdjson"
       - task: "spdlog"
@@ -181,6 +188,27 @@ tasks:
           CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
           INCLUDE_PATTERNS: ["{{.INSTALL_PREFIX}}"]
 
+  boost:
+    internal: true
+    vars:
+      VERSION: "1.87.0"
+    run: "once"
+    cmds:
+      - task: "yscope-dev-utils:boost:download-and-install"
+        vars:
+          CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR}}"
+          FILE_SHA256: "d6c69e4459eb5d6ec208250291221e7ff4a2affde9af6e49c9303b89c687461f"
+          TARGETS:
+            - "filesystem"
+            - "iostreams"
+            - "program_options"
+            - "regex"
+            - "system"
+            - "url"
+          URL: "https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-{{.VERSION}}/\
+          boost-{{.VERSION}}-b2-nodocs.tar.gz"
+          WORK_DIR: "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_DIR}}"
+
   catch2:
     internal: true
     run: "once"
@@ -343,6 +371,28 @@ tasks:
           TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/releases/download/{{.VERSION}}\
           /mongo-cxx-driver-{{.VERSION}}.tar.gz"
 
+  msgpack-cxx:
+    internal: true
+    vars:
+      VERSION: "7.0.0"
+    run: "once"
+    deps:
+      - task: "boost"
+    cmds:
+      - task: "utils:install-remote-cmake-lib"
+        vars:
+          CMAKE_GEN_ARGS:
+            - "-C {{.G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR}}/{{.G_BOOST_LIB_NAME}}.cmake"
+            - "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+            - "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=LAZY"
+            - "-DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0074=NEW"
+            - "-DMSGPACK_BUILD_DOCS=OFF"
+            - "-DMSGPACK_CXX20=ON"
+          LIB_NAME: "msgpack-cxx"
+          TARBALL_SHA256: "7504b7af7e7b9002ce529d4f941e1b7fb1fb435768780ce7da4abaac79bb156f"
+          TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/releases/download/cpp-{{.VERSION}}\
+          /msgpack-cxx-{{.VERSION}}.tar.gz"
+
   nlohmann_json:
     internal: true
     run: "once"
@@ -386,11 +436,7 @@ tasks:
             - "-C {{.G_DEPS_CORE_CMAKE_SETTINGS_DIR}}/{{.G_FMT_LIB_NAME}}.cmake"
             - "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
             - "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=LAZY"
-
-            # Set CMP0074 since our minimum required CMake version is less than 3.27, and we
-            # depend on fmt's settings file, which uses `fmt_ROOT`.
             - "-DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0074=NEW"
-
             - "-DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=OFF"
             - "-DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO=OFF"
             - "-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=ON"