diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2a8708b..649f911 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/RT64-HLE"]
 	path = lib/RT64-HLE
 	url = https://github.com/DarioSamo/RT64-HLE/
+[submodule "lib/freetype-windows-binaries"]
+	path = lib/freetype-windows-binaries
+	url = https://github.com/ubawurinna/freetype-windows-binaries
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index beacf4f..d35c226 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ endif()
 set (CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
-find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/")
 
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/RT64-HLE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/rt64)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/RmlUi)
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ target_link_libraries(MMRecomp PRIVATE
     RecompiledFuncs
     SDL2
     rt64
-    Freetype::Freetype
     RmlCore
     RmlDebugger
     nfd
diff --git a/lib/FindFreetype.cmake b/lib/FindFreetype.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2d9e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/FindFreetype.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/freetype-windows-binaries/include)
+set(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/freetype-windows-binaries/release static/vs2015-2022/win64/freetype.lib")
diff --git a/lib/freetype-windows-binaries b/lib/freetype-windows-binaries
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d6fb49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/freetype-windows-binaries
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d6fb49d11a9d0011bf4ecfe7e570beaaa189838a
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 83dd23a..0000000
--- a/vcpkg-configuration.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "default-registry": {
-    "kind": "git",
-    "baseline": "84df5613f71eda8a73ab08dc3041f3af7103a5b2",
-    "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
-  },
-  "registries": [
-    {
-      "kind": "artifact",
-      "location": "https://aka.ms/vcpkg-ce-default",
-      "name": "microsoft"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 22fe2da..0000000
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
-    "dependencies": [
-        "freetype"
-    ]
-}