diff --git a/cmake/external/cryptopp.cmake b/cmake/external/cryptopp.cmake
index aedd40aec68481e1a92924bcd484384ecdd87d88..4c3bca56f33730f3a2a63ad92b63124edafa39e7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cryptopp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cryptopp.cmake
@@ -52,16 +52,12 @@ set(CRYPTOPP_CMAKE_ARGS ${COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS}
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CRYPTOPP_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-cache_third_party(extern_cryptopp
-    REPOSITORY   ${CRYPTOPP_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG          ${CRYPTOPP_TAG}
-    DIR          CRYPTOPP_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_cryptopp
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${CRYPTOPP_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY  ${CRYPTOPP_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG         ${CRYPTOPP_TAG}
     PREFIX          ${CRYPTOPP_PREFIX_DIR}
     SOURCE_DIR      ${CRYPTOPP_SOURCE_DIR}
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
diff --git a/cmake/external/dgc.cmake b/cmake/external/dgc.cmake
index 3c64e1ea11ecd65ab15e80147cd62b1cde371722..655611e06e26f6e787f4329a824645be106512b7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dgc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dgc.cmake
@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ SET(DGC_LIBRARIES   "${DGC_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libdgc.a" CACHE FILEPATH "dgc librar
 SET(DGC_URL         "https://fleet.bj.bcebos.com/dgc/collective_f66ef73.tgz")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${DGC_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-cache_third_party(extern_dgc
-        URL       ${DGC_URL}
-        DIR       DGC_SOURCES_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_dgc
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
-    "${DGC_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    URL             ${DGC_URL}
     URL_MD5         "94e6fa1bc97169d0e1aad44570fe3251"
     PREFIX          "${DGC_PREFIX_DIR}"
     SOURCE_DIR      "${DGC_SOURCES_DIR}"
diff --git a/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake b/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
index 43ffde75992266c432f602e54bad8cbc70c17f86..be97a026e23e35d626dbfc982783bffc170f86b7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ set(DLPACK_SOURCE_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/dlpack/src/extern_dlpack)
 set(DLPACK_REPOSITORY ${GIT_URL}/dmlc/dlpack.git)
 set(DLPACK_TAG        v0.4)
 
-cache_third_party(extern_dlpack
-    REPOSITORY    ${DLPACK_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG           ${DLPACK_TAG}
-    DIR           DLPACK_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 set(DLPACK_INCLUDE_DIR  ${DLPACK_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${DLPACK_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
@@ -32,7 +27,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   extern_dlpack
   ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
   ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-  "${DLPACK_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+  GIT_REPOSITORY  ${DLPACK_REPOSITORY}
+  GIT_TAG         ${DLPACK_TAG}
   PREFIX          ${DLPACK_PREFIX_DIR}
   SOURCE_DIR      ${DLPACK_SOURCE_DIR}
   UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
diff --git a/cmake/external/eigen.cmake b/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
index aa471002eacb6a61a9cf835f293a86a75d87db8f..9293b3ebcedf352ef98947edacdec4c99f1db49a 100644
--- a/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ set(EIGEN_SOURCE_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/eigen3/src/extern_eigen3)
 set(EIGEN_REPOSITORY https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen.git)
 set(EIGEN_TAG        f612df273689a19d25b45ca4f8269463207c4fee)
 
-cache_third_party(extern_eigen3
-    REPOSITORY    ${EIGEN_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG           ${EIGEN_TAG}
-    DIR           EIGEN_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 if(WIN32)
     add_definitions(-DEIGEN_STRONG_INLINE=inline)
 elseif(LINUX)
@@ -46,9 +41,10 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_eigen3
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${EIGEN_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
-    PREFIX          ${EIGEN_PREFIX_DIR}
-    SOURCE_DIR      ${EIGEN_SOURCE_DIR}
+    GIT_REPOSITORY    ${EIGEN_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG           ${EIGEN_TAG}
+    PREFIX            ${EIGEN_PREFIX_DIR}
+    SOURCE_DIR        ${EIGEN_SOURCE_DIR}
     UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
     PATCH_COMMAND     ${EIGEN_PATCH_COMMAND}
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
index 0f9739014d52bf1692d31a6c0410da763d850e73..e4e475720604f9a67f0974da87d772db678a60d6 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-cache_third_party(extern_gflags
-    REPOSITORY   ${GFLAGS_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG          ${GFLAGS_TAG}
-    DIR          GFLAGS_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_gflags
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${GFLAGS_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY  ${GFLAGS_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG         ${GFLAGS_TAG}
     PREFIX          ${GFLAGS_PREFIX_DIR}
     UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
     SOURCE_DIR      ${GFLAGS_SOURCE_DIR}
diff --git a/cmake/external/glog.cmake b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
index b9dbe90a92e6f42174fa328530d760ce267cf7d8..2897b54bd62993840d37361576632b18d9264aa2 100644
--- a/cmake/external/glog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
@@ -32,16 +32,12 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-cache_third_party(extern_glog
-    REPOSITORY   ${GLOG_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG          ${GLOG_TAG}
-    DIR          GLOG_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_glog
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${GLOG_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY  ${GLOG_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG         ${GLOG_TAG}
     DEPENDS         gflags
     PREFIX          ${GLOG_PREFIX_DIR}
     SOURCE_DIR      ${GLOG_SOURCE_DIR}
diff --git a/cmake/external/gloo.cmake b/cmake/external/gloo.cmake
index 03e45e3e5c67b0118727a616f8cd0c013c621fe6..8d4b0c4ebf0e719c5c37749bae93838875a3b892 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gloo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gloo.cmake
@@ -27,17 +27,13 @@ SET(GLOO_LIBRARIES     "${GLOO_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libgloo.a" CACHE FILEPATH "gloo
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GLOO_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-cache_third_party(extern_gloo
-    REPOSITORY    ${GLOO_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG           ${GLOO_TAG}
-    DIR           GLOO_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 if(WITH_ASCEND OR WITH_ASCEND_CL)
   ExternalProject_Add(
       extern_gloo
       ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
       ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-      "${GLOO_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+      GIT_REPOSITORY        ${GLOO_REPOSITORY}
+      GIT_TAG               ${GLOO_TAG}
       PREFIX                "${GLOO_PREFIX_DIR}"
       SOURCE_DIR            "${GLOO_SOURCE_DIR}"
       UPDATE_COMMAND        ""
@@ -54,7 +50,8 @@ else()
       extern_gloo
       ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
       ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-      "${GLOO_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+      GIT_REPOSITORY        ${GLOO_REPOSITORY}
+      GIT_TAG               ${GLOO_TAG}
       PREFIX                "${GLOO_PREFIX_DIR}"
       SOURCE_DIR            "${GLOO_SOURCE_DIR}"
       UPDATE_COMMAND        ""
diff --git a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
index e7d4783a9593a7bac474adc089eaca543db7a600..9758d8a7e4cafda8ae8de7d419cef203afe0a511 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ IF(WITH_MKLML)
     SET(GTEST_DEPENDS   ${MKLML_PROJECT})
 ENDIF()
 
-cache_third_party(extern_gtest
-    REPOSITORY       ${GTEST_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG              ${GTEST_TAG}
-    DIR              GTEST_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     extern_gtest
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${GTEST_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY  ${GTEST_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG         ${GTEST_TAG}
     DEPENDS         ${GTEST_DEPENDS}
     PREFIX          ${GTEST_PREFIX_DIR}
     SOURCE_DIR      ${GTEST_SOURCE_DIR}
diff --git a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
index 3d041b109427d95c99321586dfcca49ff2f99c06..d004354338ffa1c7fe925171273a241abc462b59 100644
--- a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
@@ -49,16 +49,12 @@ ELSE()
     SET(MKLDNN_LIB "${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/mkldnn.lib" CACHE FILEPATH "mkldnn library." FORCE)
 ENDIF(NOT WIN32)
 
-cache_third_party(${MKLDNN_PROJECT}
-    REPOSITORY    ${MKLDNN_REPOSITORY}
-    TAG           ${MKLDNN_TAG}
-    DIR           MKLDNN_SOURCE_DIR)
-
 ExternalProject_Add(
     ${MKLDNN_PROJECT}
     ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
     ${SHALLOW_CLONE}
-    "${MKLDNN_DOWNLOAD_CMD}"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY      ${MKLDNN_REPOSITORY}
+    GIT_TAG             ${MKLDNN_TAG}
     DEPENDS             ${MKLDNN_DEPENDS}
     PREFIX              ${MKLDNN_PREFIX_DIR}
     SOURCE_DIR          ${MKLDNN_SOURCE_DIR}