diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/merkle_tree/CMakeLists.txt b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/merkle_tree/CMakeLists.txt
index f0378375a7a..0553ea7c3a6 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/merkle_tree/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/merkle_tree/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,43 +1 @@
 barretenberg_module(stdlib_merkle_tree stdlib_primitives stdlib_blake3s stdlib_pedersen_hash)
-
-if(NOT WASM)
-    include(FetchContent)
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-        leveldb
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/leveldb.git
-        GIT_TAG 1.22
-        FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS
-    )
-
-    # Disable some leveldb targets before we call FetchContent_MakeAvailable
-    # so they are configured correctly if it needs to fetch
-    set(LEVELDB_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "LevelDB tests off")
-    set(LEVELDB_BUILD_BENCHMARKS OFF CACHE BOOL "LevelDB benchmarks off")
-
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(leveldb)
-
-    if (leveldb_FOUND)
-        # Globally installed leveldb needs Threads available as Threads::Threads as discovered by `find_package`
-        find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-
-        foreach(target IN LISTS stdlib_merkle_tree_lib_targets stdlib_merkle_tree_exe_targets)
-            target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE leveldb::leveldb)
-        endforeach()
-    else()
-        # FetchContent_MakeAvailable calls FetchContent_Populate if `find_package` is unsuccessful
-        # so these variables will be available if we reach this case
-        set_property(DIRECTORY ${leveldb_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        set_property(DIRECTORY ${leveldb_BINARY_DIR} PROPERTY EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-        # Silence all compiler warnings from LevelDB
-        target_compile_options(
-            leveldb
-            PRIVATE
-            -w
-        )
-
-        foreach(target IN LISTS stdlib_merkle_tree_lib_targets stdlib_merkle_tree_exe_targets)
-            target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE leveldb)
-        endforeach()
-    endif()
-endif()