diff --git a/deps/external_dependency.cmake b/deps/external_dependency.cmake
index 798f04cd..7927ea33 100644
--- a/deps/external_dependency.cmake
+++ b/deps/external_dependency.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function(external_dependency)
   if(NOT ARG_BUILD_ALWAYS AND NOT Build_Deps STREQUAL "Always")
     find_package(${ARGV0} ${${ARGV0}_VERSION} QUIET HINTS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
     if(${ARGV0}_FOUND)
-      message(STATUS "Found dependency ${ARGV0} in system.")
+      message(STATUS "Found dependency ${ARGV0} in system")
       return()
     elseif(Build_Deps STREQUAL "Never")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find dependency ${ARGV0} in system. Please install the dependency manually or use -DBuild_Deps=IfNotFound during cmake configuration to automatically build all dependencies that are not found.")
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function(external_dependency)
     set(Build_Tests OFF)
   endif()
   if(IS_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ARGV0})
-    message(STATUS "Found sources for dependency ${ARGV0} at ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ARGV0}.")
+    message(STATUS "Found sources for dependency ${ARGV0} at ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ARGV0}")
     add_subdirectory(${ARGV0} ${subdir_opts})
   elseif(ARG_GIT_REPO)
     set(bin_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ARGV0})
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function(external_dependency)
     endif()
     add_subdirectory(${src_dir} ${bin_dir} ${subdir_opts})
   else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find or build dependency ${ARGV0}.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find or build dependency ${ARGV0}")
   endif()
 
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY ${ARGV0}_FOUND TRUE)