diff --git a/cmake/googletest-download.cmake b/cmake/googletest-download.cmake
index 0ec4d558..d0910313 100644
--- a/cmake/googletest-download.cmake
+++ b/cmake/googletest-download.cmake
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   googletest
   SOURCE_DIR "@GOOGLETEST_DOWNLOAD_ROOT@/googletest-src"
   BINARY_DIR "@GOOGLETEST_DOWNLOAD_ROOT@/googletest-build"
-  GIT_REPOSITORY
-    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-  GIT_TAG
-    release-1.10.0
+  URL REPLACEME
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
   BUILD_COMMAND ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""