diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d77ee6..0033946 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH true)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "@executable_path/../Frameworks")
     set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64;x86_64")
+    list(APPEND SDL2_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/extern")
+    list(APPEND SDL2_MIXER_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/extern")
 endif()
 
 # SDL2main is not needed
diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindSDL2.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindSDL2.cmake
index 91181c4..dfaaa17 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindSDL2.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindSDL2.cmake
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ SET(SDL2_SEARCH_PATHS
 	/opt/csw # Blastwave
 	/opt
 	${SDL2_PATH}
-	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern
 )
 
 FIND_PATH(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR SDL.h
diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindSDL2_mixer.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindSDL2_mixer.cmake
index dc052a8..9bf2719 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindSDL2_mixer.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindSDL2_mixer.cmake
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
 # (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
 #  License text for the above reference.)
 
-SET(SDL2_MIXER_SEARCH_PATHS
-    ${SDL2_MIXER_PATH}
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern
-)
-
 find_path(SDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR SDL_mixer.h
         HINTS
         ENV SDL2MIXERDIR
@@ -54,7 +49,7 @@ find_path(SDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR SDL_mixer.h
         PATH_SUFFIXES SDL2
         # path suffixes to search inside ENV{SDLDIR}
         include/SDL2 include
-        PATHS ${SDL2_MIXER_SEARCH_PATHS}
+        PATHS ${SDL2_MIXER_PATH}
         )
 
 if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
@@ -69,7 +64,7 @@ find_library(SDL2_MIXER_LIBRARY
         ENV SDL2MIXERDIR
         ENV SDL2DIR
         PATH_SUFFIXES lib bin ${VC_LIB_PATH_SUFFIX}
-        PATHS ${SDL2_MIXER_SEARCH_PATHS}
+        PATHS ${SDL2_MIXER_PATH}
         )
 
 if(SDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${SDL2_MIXER_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL_mixer.h")