diff --git a/nix/build-all.py b/nix/build-all.py
index a312cdc0b6..30928c4201 100644
--- a/nix/build-all.py
+++ b/nix/build-all.py
@@ -1573,8 +1573,6 @@ if "cgal" in targets:
             f"-DMPFR_LIBRARIES={Dependencies.get_install_dir('mpfr')}/lib/libmpfr.{LIBRARY_EXT}",
             f"-DMPFR_INCLUDE_DIR={Dependencies.get_install_dir('mpfr')}/include",
             f"-DBoost_INCLUDE_DIR={Dependencies.get_install_dir('boost')}",
-            f"-DCGAL_HEADER_ONLY=On",
-            f"-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off",
         ],
         download_url="https://github.com/CGAL/cgal.git",
         download_name="cgal",
diff --git a/win/build-deps.cmd b/win/build-deps.cmd
index da9c5eb980..912edb27ae 100644
--- a/win/build-deps.cmd
+++ b/win/build-deps.cmd
@@ -637,8 +637,7 @@ IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :Error
 cd "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%"
 git reset --hard
 git apply --ignore-whitespace "%~dp0patches\cgal_no_zlib.patch"
-call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\cgal"    ^
-               -DCGAL_HEADER_ONLY=On
+call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\cgal"
 IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :Error
 call :BuildCMakeProject "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%" %BUILD_CFG%
 IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :Error