diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8b5b1f09..f39fc323d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -659,8 +659,9 @@ ELSE()
         ENDIF()
     ENDIF()
 
-    FIND_PACKAGE(V8)
-    FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs)
+    # V8 and Python plugins are tests for linking against these libraries but aren't functionality beyond this.
+    # FIND_PACKAGE(V8)
+    # FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 2 AND CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION LESS 8)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 782da5fb2..e91ddae63 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,13 +276,15 @@ IF ((LUA_LIBRARIES AND LUA_INCLUDE_DIR) OR (LUA_SOURCE_DIR AND LUA_INCLUDE_DIR)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(lua)
 ENDIF()
 
-IF (V8_FOUND)
-    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(V8)
-ENDIF()
 
-IF (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
-    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(python)
-ENDIF()
+# V8 and Python plugins are tests for linking against these libraries but aren't functionality beyond this.
+# IF (V8_FOUND)
+#     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(V8)
+# ENDIF()
+#
+# IF (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
+#     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(python)
+# ENDIF()
 
 ####################################################
 #