diff --git a/CMake/external_libusb.cmake b/CMake/external_libusb.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 22acb98f515..00000000000
--- a/CMake/external_libusb.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(
-    libusb
-
-    # Work-around for libusb master broken on Nov 26' 2020 with introduction of v1.0.24
-    # the issue has been reported in https://github.com/libusb/libusb/issues/812
-    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/ev-mp/libusb.git"
-    GIT_TAG "2a7372db54094a406a755f0b8548b614ba8c78ec" # "v1.0.22" + Mac get_device_list hang fix
-
-    UPDATE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
-    PATCH_COMMAND ""
-
-    SOURCE_DIR "third-party/libusb/"
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES}
-            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-            -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI}
-            -DANDROID_STL=${ANDROID_STL}
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libusb_install
-    TEST_COMMAND ""
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libusb_install/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}usb${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-)
-
-add_library(usb INTERFACE)
-target_include_directories(usb INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/libusb/libusb>)
-target_link_libraries(usb INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libusb_install/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}usb${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-set(USE_EXTERNAL_USB ON) # INTERFACE libraries can't have real deps, so targets that link with usb need to also depend on libusb
-
-set_target_properties( libusb PROPERTIES FOLDER "3rd Party")
-
-if (APPLE)
-  find_library(corefoundation_lib CoreFoundation)
-  find_library(iokit_lib IOKit)
-  target_link_libraries(usb INTERFACE objc ${corefoundation_lib} ${iokit_lib})
-endif()
diff --git a/CMake/libusb_config.cmake b/CMake/libusb_config.cmake
index ca221ca66da..26ad55457e2 100644
--- a/CMake/libusb_config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/libusb_config.cmake
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ if (NOT TARGET usb)
     find_library(LIBUSB_LIB usb-1.0)
     find_path(LIBUSB_INC libusb.h HINTS PATH_SUFFIXES libusb-1.0)
     include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-    find_package_handle_standard_args(usb "libusb not found; using internal version" LIBUSB_LIB LIBUSB_INC)
-    if (USB_FOUND AND NOT USE_EXTERNAL_USB)
-        add_library(usb INTERFACE)
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(usb LIBUSB_LIB LIBUSB_INC)
+ 
+    add_library(usb INTERFACE)
+    if (USB_FOUND)
         target_include_directories(usb INTERFACE ${LIBUSB_INC})
         target_link_libraries(usb INTERFACE ${LIBUSB_LIB})
-    else()
-        include(CMake/external_libusb.cmake)
     endif()
     install(TARGETS usb EXPORT realsense2Targets)
 endif()
diff --git a/third-party/libusb/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ce9cd49292d..00000000000
--- a/third-party/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# ubuntu 12.04 LTS cmake version 2.8.7
-# ubuntu 14.04 LTS cmake version 2.8.12.2
-# ubuntu 16.04 LTS cmake version 3.5.1	
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
-
-project(usb)
-
-  set(LIBUSB_C
-  libusb/core.c
-  libusb/descriptor.c
-  libusb/hotplug.c
-  libusb/io.c
-  libusb/strerror.c
-  libusb/sync.c
-  )
-
-if(WIN32)
-  LIST(APPEND LIBUSB_C
-  libusb/os/threads_windows.c
-  libusb/os/poll_windows.c
-  libusb/os/windows_winusb.c
-  libusb/os/windows_nt_common.c
-  libusb/os/windows_usbdk.c
-  )
-elseif (APPLE)
-  LIST(APPEND LIBUSB_C
-  libusb/os/poll_posix.c
-  libusb/os/threads_posix.c
-  libusb/os/darwin_usb.c
-  )
-elseif(ANDROID)
-  LIST(APPEND LIBUSB_C
-  libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
-  libusb/os/poll_posix.c
-  libusb/os/threads_posix.c
-  libusb/os/linux_netlink.c
-  )
-else()
-  LIST(APPEND LIBUSB_C
-  libusb/os/linux_usbfs.c
-  libusb/os/poll_posix.c
-  libusb/os/threads_posix.c
-  libusb/os/linux_udev.c
-  )
-endif()
-
-set(LIBUSB_H
-    libusb/libusb.h
-)
-
-include_directories(
-  libusb
-  libusb/os
-)
-
-add_library(usb STATIC ${LIBUSB_C} ${LIBUSB_H})
-
-if(WIN32)
-    set_target_properties (usb PROPERTIES
-        FOLDER "3rd Party"
-    )
-    include_directories(msvc)
-    foreach(flag_var
-        CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
-        CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
-        CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE
-        CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
-        if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/MD")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" ${flag_var} "${${flag_var}}")
-        endif(${flag_var} MATCHES "/MD")
-    endforeach(flag_var)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /utf-8")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   /utf-8")
-endif()
-
-if(ANDROID)
-    include_directories(android)
-endif()
-
-if(APPLE)
-  find_library(corefoundation_lib CoreFoundation)
-  find_library(iokit_lib IOKit)
-  target_include_directories(usb PRIVATE XCode)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(usb objc ${corefoundation_lib} ${iokit_lib})
-endif()
-
-if((NOT APPLE) AND (NOT ANDROID) AND (NOT WIN32))
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(usb udev)
-endif()
-
-#set_target_properties(usb PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
-
-install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
-    EXPORT realsense2Targets
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-    )