diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index ef3ab4d51..9e7d2f8f4 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -291,44 +291,34 @@ macro(configureCMake)
         find_program(RANLIB_LLVMLIBS_PATH llvm-ranlib)
 
         if (CCACHE_PATH)
-            if (NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
-                set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_PATH})
-                set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_PATH})
-            endif ()
+            set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_PATH})
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CCACHE_PATH})
         else ()
             message(WARNING "ccache not found!")
         endif ()
 
         if (AR_LLVMLIBS_PATH)
-            if (NOT CMAKE_AR)
-                set(CMAKE_AR ${AR_LLVMLIBS_PATH})
-            endif ()
+            set(CMAKE_AR ${AR_LLVMLIBS_PATH})
         else ()
             message(WARNING "llvm-ar not found, using default ar!")
         endif ()
 
         if (RANLIB_LLVMLIBS_PATH)
-            if (NOT CMAKE_RANLIB)
-                set(CMAKE_RANLIB ${RANLIB_LLVMLIBS_PATH})
-            endif ()
+            set(CMAKE_RANLIB ${RANLIB_LLVMLIBS_PATH})
         else ()
             message(WARNING "llvm-ranlib not found, using default ranlib!")
         endif ()
 
         if (LD_LLD_PATH)
-            if (NOT CMAKE_LINKER)
-                set(CMAKE_LINKER ${LD_LLD_PATH})
-                set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
-                set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
-            endif ()
+            set(CMAKE_LINKER ${LD_LLD_PATH})
+            set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
         else ()
             message(WARNING "lld not found, using default linker!")
         endif ()
 
         if (NINJA_PATH)
-            if (NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR)
-                set(CMAKE_GENERATOR Ninja)
-            endif ()
+            set(CMAKE_GENERATOR Ninja)
         else ()
             message(WARNING "ninja not found, using default generator!")
         endif ()
diff --git a/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e758da5a..3c2e77ec2 100644
--- a/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+file(REMOVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/yara/yara.pc)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/yara/yara.pc.in
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/yara/yara.pc @ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")