diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a08a9635..fd9a1fab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ get_directory_property(IS_SUBPROJECT PARENT_DIRECTORY)
 # ############
 # Load TRIQS and CPP2PY
 find_package(TRIQS 2.2 REQUIRED)
-find_package(Cpp2Py 1.6 REQUIRED)
 
 # Get the git hash & print status
 triqs_get_git_hash_of_source_dir(PROJECT_GIT_HASH)
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 911f9fef..eb7fe6b1 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ external_dependency(GTest
   BUILD_ALWAYS
   EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 )
+
+# -- Cpp2Py --
+external_dependency(Cpp2Py
+  GIT_REPO https://github.com/TRIQS/cpp2py
+  VERSION 2.0
+  GIT_TAG py3
+  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+)