diff --git a/Utilities/rXml.cpp b/Utilities/rXml.cpp
index 1e0dfff1b5eb..aab1a84aa0a0 100644
--- a/Utilities/rXml.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/rXml.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #include "stdafx.h"
 #include "Utilities/rXml.h"
-#pragma warning(push)
-#pragma warning(disable : 4996)
-#include <pugixml.hpp>
-#pragma warning(pop)
 
 rXmlNode::rXmlNode()
 {
diff --git a/Utilities/rXml.h b/Utilities/rXml.h
index 08edf5f9345c..3c369a09cd1e 100644
--- a/Utilities/rXml.h
+++ b/Utilities/rXml.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <pugixml.hpp>
+#ifndef PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY
+#define PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY 1
+#endif // !PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY
+#include "pugixml.hpp"
+#undef PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY
 
 struct rXmlNode
 {
diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index cae5fdd3d512..acb109e08ecf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ endforeach()
 file(
 GLOB_RECURSE
 RPCS3_SRC
-"${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/../3rdparty/pugixml/src/pugixml.cpp"
 "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/rpcs3.cpp"
 "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/config.cpp"
 "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/stb_image.cpp"