diff --git a/backends/llamacpp/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/llamacpp/CMakeLists.txt
index e536efc5..938f7360 100644
--- a/backends/llamacpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/llamacpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 # Add dependencies
-include(cmake/fmt.cmake)
 include(cmake/spdlog.cmake)
 
 if (${LLAMA_CPP_BUILD_CUDA})
diff --git a/backends/llamacpp/build.rs b/backends/llamacpp/build.rs
index 1ab926d4..5331e87d 100644
--- a/backends/llamacpp/build.rs
+++ b/backends/llamacpp/build.rs
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", out_dir.display());
 
     if is_debug {
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=fmtd");
+        // println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=fmtd");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=spdlogd");
     } else {
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=fmt");
+        // println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=fmt");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=spdlog");
     }
 
diff --git a/backends/llamacpp/cmake/fmt.cmake b/backends/llamacpp/cmake/fmt.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 840280ca..00000000
--- a/backends/llamacpp/cmake/fmt.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-FetchContent_Declare(
-        fmt
-        URL https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/refs/tags/11.0.2.tar.gz
-)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
diff --git a/backends/llamacpp/cmake/spdlog.cmake b/backends/llamacpp/cmake/spdlog.cmake
index 04c218b5..bd81d6d5 100644
--- a/backends/llamacpp/cmake/spdlog.cmake
+++ b/backends/llamacpp/cmake/spdlog.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(SPDLOG_USE_FMT ON)
 set(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED ON)
-set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL ON)
+set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL OFF)
 
 # Define the level at which SPDLOG_ compilation level is defined
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
diff --git a/backends/llamacpp/csrc/backend.cpp b/backends/llamacpp/csrc/backend.cpp
index 739b84a1..11781273 100644
--- a/backends/llamacpp/csrc/backend.cpp
+++ b/backends/llamacpp/csrc/backend.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <ggml.h>
 #include <llama.h>
-#include <fmt/chrono.h>
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <fmt/std.h>
+#include <spdlog/fmt/chrono.h>
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 
 #include "backend.hpp"