diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
index f0642145fa0..bbd22693ba4 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_nvbench)
   set(cudf_patch_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/patches")
   rapids_cpm_package_override("${cudf_patch_dir}/nvbench_override.json")
 
-  rapids_cpm_nvbench()
+  rapids_cpm_nvbench(BUILD_STATIC)
 
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
index 7be868081b6..ad9b19c29c1 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
           "file" : "${current_json_dir}/nvbench_global_setup.diff",
           "issue" : "Fix add support for global setup to initialize RMM in nvbench [https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvbench/pull/123]",
           "fixed_in" : ""
-        },
-        {
-          "file" : "nvbench/use_existing_fmt.diff",
-          "issue" : "Fix add support for using an existing fmt [https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvbench/pull/125]",
-          "fixed_in" : ""
         }
       ]
     }