diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be1f4dae4f..f883aecfc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -272,6 +272,25 @@ if(NOT HAVE_STDINT_H)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "stdint.h was not found" )
 endif()
 
+set(USED_OSG_COMPONENTS
+    osgDB
+    osgViewer
+    osgText
+    osgGA
+    osgParticle
+    osgUtil
+    osgFX
+    osgShadow
+    osgAnimation)
+set(USED_OSG_PLUGINS
+    osgdb_bmp
+    osgdb_dds
+    osgdb_freetype
+    osgdb_jpeg
+    osgdb_osg
+    osgdb_png
+    osgdb_serializers_osg
+    osgdb_tga)
 if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_OSG)
     find_package(OpenSceneGraph 3.3.4 REQUIRED ${USED_OSG_COMPONENTS})
     if(OSG_STATIC)
diff --git a/extern/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
index f5743307ae..b426ac4bff 100644
--- a/extern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,27 +70,6 @@ if(NOT OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_MYGUI)
     set(MyGUI_LIBRARIES MyGUIEngine PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()
 
-set(USED_OSG_COMPONENTS
-    osgDB
-    osgViewer
-    osgText
-    osgGA
-    osgParticle
-    osgUtil
-    osgFX
-    osgShadow
-    osgAnimation)
-set(USED_OSG_COMPONENTS ${USED_OSG_COMPONENTS} PARENT_SCOPE)
-set(USED_OSG_PLUGINS
-    osgdb_bmp
-    osgdb_dds
-    osgdb_freetype
-    osgdb_jpeg
-    osgdb_osg
-    osgdb_png
-    osgdb_serializers_osg
-    osgdb_tga)
-set(USED_OSG_PLUGINS ${USED_OSG_PLUGINS} PARENT_SCOPE)
 if(NOT OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_OSG)
     set(OSG_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "")