diff --git a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
index 00d6066317322..8e5c59ef0bdea 100644
--- a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
+++ b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
@@ -425,7 +425,9 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS umf
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION "bin" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework)
+if(NOT UR_USE_EXTERNAL_UMF)
+  install(TARGETS umf
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION "bin" COMPONENT unified-memory-framework)
+endif()