diff --git a/cmake/external/cudnn-frontend.cmake b/cmake/external/cudnn-frontend.cmake
index cab8431d3abb2..3bc3897e48ac8 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cudnn-frontend.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cudnn-frontend.cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ function(download_cudnn-frontend)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
-download_dirent()
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CUDNN_FRONTEND_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${CUDNN_FRONTEND_CACHE_FILENAME})  
+  message(STATUS "Local package ${CUDNN_FRONTEND_CACHE_FILENAME} not found, starting download.")  
+  download_cudnn-frontend()
+endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
   extern_cudnn_frontend
diff --git a/cmake/external/dirent.cmake b/cmake/external/dirent.cmake
index 35287581363c6..582be6f7d231f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dirent.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dirent.cmake
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ function(download_dirent)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
-download_dirent()
+if(NOT EXISTS ${DIRENT_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${DIRENT_CACHE_FILENAME})  
+  message(STATUS "Local package ${DIRENT_CACHE_FILENAME} not found, starting download.")  
+  download_dirent()
+endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
   extern_dirent