diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 779424903..a68fca1f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( BEFORE
   include
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include
-  contrib/pugixml-1.9/src
+  contrib/pugixml/src
 )
 
 LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake-modules" )
diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index 526547e7e..87af316bb 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -866,7 +866,12 @@ IF(ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
   hunter_add_package(pugixml)
   find_package(pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
 ELSE()
-  add_subdirectory(../contrib/pugixml-1.9 )
+  SET( Pugixml_SRCS
+    ../contrib/pugixml/src/pugiconfig.hpp
+    ../contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.hpp
+    ../contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.cpp
+  )
+  SOURCE_GROUP( Contrib\\Pugixml FILES ${Pugixml_SRCS})
 ENDIF()
 
 # utf8
@@ -1088,6 +1093,7 @@ SET( assimp_src
   ${openddl_parser_SRCS}
   ${open3dgc_SRCS}
   ${ziplib_SRCS}
+  ${Pugixml_SRCS}
   # Necessary to show the headers in the project when using the VC++ generator:
 
   ${PUBLIC_HEADERS}
@@ -1139,7 +1145,7 @@ IF(ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
       zip::zip
   )
 ELSE()
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${OPENDDL_PARSER_LIBRARIES} pugixml )
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${OPENDDL_PARSER_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF()
 
 if(ASSIMP_ANDROID_JNIIOSYSTEM)
diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
index e53832884..8b1378917 100644
--- a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 
-IF(NOT ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
-  add_subdirectory( pugixml-1.9 )
-ENDIF()
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/CMakeLists.txt
rename to contrib/pugixml/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/contrib/foreach.hpp b/contrib/pugixml/contrib/foreach.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/contrib/foreach.hpp
rename to contrib/pugixml/contrib/foreach.hpp
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/readme.txt b/contrib/pugixml/readme.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/readme.txt
rename to contrib/pugixml/readme.txt
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugiconfig.hpp b/contrib/pugixml/src/pugiconfig.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugiconfig.hpp
rename to contrib/pugixml/src/pugiconfig.hpp
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugixml.cpp b/contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugixml.cpp
rename to contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.cpp
diff --git a/contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugixml.hpp b/contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/pugixml-1.9/src/pugixml.hpp
rename to contrib/pugixml/src/pugixml.hpp
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d245ff522..c1111e5cb 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,13 +211,15 @@ add_executable( unit
 	${IMPORTERS}
 	${MATERIAL}
 	${MATH}
-    ${POST_PROCESSES}
+  ${POST_PROCESSES}
 )
 
 if(ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
     hunter_add_package(GTest)
     find_package(GTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(unit GTest::gtest_main GTest::gmock)
+    hunter_add_package(pugixml)
+    find_package(pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(unit GTest::gtest_main GTest::gmock pugixml::pugixml)
 else()
     target_sources(unit PUBLIC ../contrib/gtest/src/gtest-all.cc)
 endif()
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 50ac2ee19..a0eb98a89 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TARGET_USE_COMMON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY(assimp_cmd)
 
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp_cmd PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX})
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( assimp_cmd assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} pugixml )
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( assimp_cmd assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} )
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( assimp_cmd PROPERTIES
   OUTPUT_NAME assimp
 )