diff --git a/win/build-deps.cmd b/win/build-deps.cmd
index d221316f57..5d48eec686 100644
--- a/win/build-deps.cmd
+++ b/win/build-deps.cmd
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ cd "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%"
 :: NOTE OpenCOLLADA has been observed to have problems with switching between debug and release builds so
 :: uncomment to following line in order to delete the CMakeCache.txt always if experiencing problems.
 REM IF EXIST "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%\CMakeCache.txt". del "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%\CMakeCache.txt"
-call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\OpenCOLLADA" -DUSE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME=1 -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d
+:: NOTE Enforce that the embedded LibXml2 and PCRE are used as there might be problems with arbitrary versions of the libraries.
+call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\OpenCOLLADA" -DUSE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME=1 -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d ^
+               -DLIBXML2_LIBRARIES="" -DLIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_LIBRARIES=""
 IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :Error
 REM TODO OpenCOLLADA takes a long time to build; build only if needed
 REM IF NOT EXIST "%DEPS_DIR%\OpenCOLLADA\%BUILD_DIR%\lib\%DEBUG_OR_RELEASE%\OpenCOLLADASaxFrameworkLoader.lib".