diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 65a00bfd..bd1e2777 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,24 +73,28 @@ if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
+    enable_testing()
     set(GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR ${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR}/googletest)
     set(LIBUV_DEPS_DIR ${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR}/libuv)
 
+    configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/deps.in ${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR})
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_DEPS_DIR})
+
+    # Disable testing for dependencies
+    set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
+
     # gtest, gtest_main, gmock and gmock_main targets are available from now on
-    configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/googletest.in ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR})
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR})
     set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    add_subdirectory(${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/src)
+    add_subdirectory(${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR})
 
-    configure_file(${PROJECT_CMAKE_IN}/libuv.in ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR})
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR})
-    include_directories(${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src/include)
-    find_library(libuv_static NAMES libuv.a libuv PATHS ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-    find_library(libuv_shared NAMES uv libuv PATHS ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src PATH_SUFFIXES .libs Release NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    # uv and uv_a targets are available from now on
+    add_subdirectory(${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR})
+    include_directories(${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/include)
+
+    # Enable testing for uvw
+    set(BUILD_TESTING ON)
 
-    enable_testing()
     add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/in/deps.in b/cmake/in/deps.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8eb0ae90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/in/deps.in
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+project(deps-download NONE)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(
+    googletest
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+    GIT_TAG master
+    SOURCE_DIR @GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR@
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    TEST_COMMAND ""
+)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(
+    libuv
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
+    GIT_TAG v1.22.0
+    SOURCE_DIR @LIBUV_DEPS_DIR@
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    TEST_COMMAND ""
+)
diff --git a/cmake/in/googletest.in b/cmake/in/googletest.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1f6e3f..00000000
--- a/cmake/in/googletest.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-project(googletest-download NONE)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(
-    googletest
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG master
-    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}
-    TMP_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
-    STAMP_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
-    SOURCE_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/src
-    BINARY_DIR ${GOOGLETEST_DEPS_DIR}/build
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-    BUILD_COMMAND ""
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-    TEST_COMMAND ""
-)
diff --git a/cmake/in/libuv.in b/cmake/in/libuv.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f34da1..00000000
--- a/cmake/in/libuv.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-project(libuv-download NONE)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-if(WIN32)
-    ExternalProject_Add(
-        libuv
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
-        GIT_TAG v1.22.0
-        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}
-        TMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
-        STAMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
-        SOURCE_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/vcbuild.bat release x86 shared
-        BUILD_COMMAND ""
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-        TEST_COMMAND ""
-    )
-else()
-    ExternalProject_Add(
-        libuv
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
-        GIT_TAG v1.21.0
-        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}
-        TMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/tmp
-        STAMP_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/stamp
-        SOURCE_DIR ${LIBUV_DEPS_DIR}/src
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND sh <SOURCE_DIR>/autogen.sh
-        COMMAND sh <SOURCE_DIR>/configure
-        BUILD_COMMAND make -j4
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-        TEST_COMMAND ""
-    )
-endif()
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ad99087..83ea23ae 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set(
     COMMON_LINK_LIBS
     gtest_main
     ${LIBRT}
-    ${libuv_static}
+    uv_a
     Threads::Threads
     ${WINSOCK2}
 )
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endmacro()
 macro(ADD_UVW_LIB_TEST TEST_NAME TEST_SOURCE)
     ADD_UVW_TEST(${TEST_NAME} ${TEST_SOURCE})
     target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-    target_compile_definitions(${TEST_NAME} PRIVATE TARGET_LIB_SO="${libuv_shared}")
+    target_compile_definitions(${TEST_NAME} PRIVATE TARGET_LIB_SO="$<TARGET_FILE:uv>")
 endmacro()
 
 # List of available targets