diff --git a/external/external_build.cmake b/external/external_build.cmake
index 6d72a28..85358a5 100644
--- a/external/external_build.cmake
+++ b/external/external_build.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ if (INTERNAL_GENGETOPT)
     DOWNLOAD_DIR ${VIDE_DOWNLOAD_CACHE}
     PREFIX ${BUILD_PREFIX}/gengetopt-prefix
     URL ${GENGETOPT_URL}
-    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${VIDE_DOWNLOAD_CACHE}
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${GENGETOPT_SOURCE_DIR}/configure 
                 --prefix=${GENGETOPT_BIN_DIR} 
 		CPPFLAGS=${CONFIGURE_CPP_FLAGS}
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ if (INTERNAL_HDF5)
     DOWNLOAD_DIR ${VIDE_DOWNLOAD_CACHE}
     PREFIX ${BUILD_PREFIX}/hdf5-prefix
     URL ${HDF5_URL}
-    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${VIDE_DOWNLOAD_CACHE}
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/configure
            --disable-shared --enable-cxx --with-pic
 	   --prefix=${HDF5_BIN_DIR} --libdir=${HDF5_BIN_DIR}/lib