diff --git a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 901d26436..35bfd2968 100644
--- a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ add_subdirectory(thirdparty/qcustomplot)
 add_subdirectory(thirdparty/maxlibqt/src/widgets)
 
 set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable testing" FORCE)
+set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable parse tools" FORCE)
+set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_CONTRIB OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable contrib stuff in library" FORCE)
+set(YAML_CPP_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable generation of install target" FORCE)
 add_subdirectory(thirdparty/yaml-cpp)
 
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