diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindGRPC.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindGRPC.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 15e0ab48..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindGRPC.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-option(BUILD_STATIC_GRPC
-       "Build a static version of gRPC (useful for building in Operating Systems that don't have the gRPC package)" OFF)
-
-if(NOT BUILD_STATIC_GRPC)
-  # todo(fntlnz, leodido): check that gRPC version is greater or equal than 1.8.0
-  find_path(GRPCXX_INCLUDE NAMES grpc++/grpc++.h)
-  if(GRPCXX_INCLUDE)
-    set(GRPC_INCLUDE ${GRPCXX_INCLUDE})
-  else()
-    find_path(GRPCPP_INCLUDE NAMES grpcpp/grpcpp.h)
-    set(GRPC_INCLUDE ${GRPCPP_INCLUDE})
-    add_definitions(-DGRPC_INCLUDE_IS_GRPCPP=1)
-  endif()
-  find_library(GRPC_LIB NAMES grpc)
-  find_library(GRPCPP_LIB NAMES grpc++)
-  if(GRPC_INCLUDE
-     AND GRPC_LIB
-     AND GRPCPP_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Found grpc: include: ${GRPC_INCLUDE}, C lib: ${GRPC_LIB}, C++ lib: ${GRPCPP_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system grpc")
-  endif()
-  find_program(GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN grpc_cpp_plugin)
-  if(NOT GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "System grpc_cpp_plugin not found")
-  endif()
-else()
-  find_package(PkgConfig)
-  if(NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "pkg-config binary not found")
-  endif()
-  message(STATUS "Found pkg-config executable: ${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}")
-  set(GRPC_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/grpc-prefix/src/grpc")
-  message(STATUS "Using bundled grpc in '${GRPC_SRC}'")
-  set(GRPC_INCLUDE "${GRPC_SRC}/include")
-  set(GRPC_LIB "${GRPC_SRC}/libs/opt/libgrpc.a")
-  set(GRPCPP_LIB "${GRPC_SRC}/libs/opt/libgrpc++.a")
-  set(GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN "${GRPC_SRC}/bins/opt/grpc_cpp_plugin")
-
-  ExternalProject_Add(
-    grpc
-    URL "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/v1.25.0.tar.gz"
-    URL_MD5 "3a875f7b3f0e3bdd3a603500bcef3d41"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-    BUILD_COMMAND
-      CFLAGS=-Wno-implicit-fallthrough
-      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PROTOBUF_SRC}
-      PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}
-      make
-      grpc_cpp_plugin
-      static_cxx
-      static_c
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${GRPC_LIB} ${GRPCPP_LIB}
-    INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindJQ.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindJQ.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6673cf03..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindJQ.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-option(BUILD_STATIC_JQ
-       "Build a static version of jq (useful for building in Operating Systems that don't have the jq package)" OFF)
-
-if(NOT BUILD_STATIC_JQ)
-  find_path(JQ_INCLUDE jq.h PATH_SUFFIXES jq)
-  find_library(JQ_LIB NAMES jq)
-  if(JQ_INCLUDE AND JQ_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Found jq: include: ${JQ_INCLUDE}, lib: ${JQ_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system jq")
-  endif()
-else()
-  set(JQ_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/jq-prefix/src/jq")
-  message(STATUS "Using bundled jq in '${JQ_SRC}'")
-  set(JQ_INCLUDE "${JQ_SRC}")
-  set(JQ_LIB "${JQ_SRC}/.libs/libjq.a")
-  ExternalProject_Add(
-    jq
-    URL "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-1.5.tar.gz"
-    URL_MD5 "0933532b086bd8b6a41c1b162b1731f9"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --disable-maintainer-mode --enable-all-static --disable-dependency-tracking
-    BUILD_COMMAND ${CMD_MAKE} LDFLAGS=-all-static
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    PATCH_COMMAND curl -L https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd.patch | patch
-    INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindProtobuf.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindProtobuf.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 509d6962..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindProtobuf.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-option(
-  BUILD_STATIC_PROTOBUF
-  "Build a static version of protobuf (useful for building in Operating Systems that don't have the protobuf package)"
-  OFF)
-
-if(NOT BUILD_STATIC_PROTOBUF)
-  # todo(fntlnz, leodido): check that protobuf version is greater or equal than 3.5.0
-  find_program(PROTOC NAMES protoc)
-  find_path(PROTOBUF_INCLUDE NAMES google/protobuf/message.h)
-  find_library(PROTOBUF_LIB NAMES libprotobuf.so)
-  if(PROTOC
-     AND PROTOBUF_INCLUDE
-     AND PROTOBUF_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Found protobuf: compiler: ${PROTOC}, include: ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE}, lib: ${PROTOBUF_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system protobuf")
-  endif()
-else()
-  set(PROTOBUF_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-prefix/src/protobuf")
-  message(STATUS "Using bundled protobuf in '${PROTOBUF_SRC}'")
-  set(PROTOC "${PROTOBUF_SRC}/target/bin/protoc")
-  set(PROTOBUF_INCLUDE "${PROTOBUF_SRC}/target/include")
-  set(PROTOBUF_LIB "${PROTOBUF_SRC}/target/lib/libprotobuf.a")
-  ExternalProject_Add(
-    protobuf
-    URL "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.8.0/protobuf-cpp-3.8.0.tar.gz"
-    URL_MD5 "9054bb5571905a28b3ae787d1d6cf8de"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND /usr/bin/env ./configure --with-zlib --prefix=${PROTOBUF_SRC}/target
-    BUILD_COMMAND ${CMD_MAKE}
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${PROTOC} ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE} ${PROTOBUF_LIB}
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install)
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindYamlCpp.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindYamlCpp.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6738742f..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindYamlCpp.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-option(
-  BUILD_STATIC_YAMLCPP
-  "Build a static version of yaml-cpp (useful for building in Operating Systems that don't have the yaml-cpp package)"
-  OFF)
-
-if(NOT BUILD_STATIC_YAMLCPP)
-  find_path(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES yaml-cpp/yaml.h)
-  find_library(YAMLCPP_LIB NAMES yaml-cpp)
-  if(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR AND YAMLCPP_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Found yamlcpp: include: ${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR}, lib: ${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system yamlcpp")
-  endif()
-else()
-  set(YAMLCPP_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yamlcpp-prefix/src/yamlcpp")
-  message(STATUS "Using bundled yaml-cpp in '${YAMLCPP_SRC}'")
-  set(YAMLCPP_LIB "${YAMLCPP_SRC}/libyaml-cpp.a")
-  set(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR "${YAMLCPP_SRC}/include")
-  ExternalProject_Add(
-    yamlcpp
-    URL "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-0.6.2.tar.gz"
-    URL_MD5 "5b943e9af0060d0811148b037449ef82"
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-endif()