diff --git a/cmake/sources.cmake b/cmake/sources.cmake
index 354de9e..06917f7 100644
--- a/cmake/sources.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sources.cmake
@@ -257,56 +257,9 @@ set(hipo_util_headers
     ipm/hipo/auxiliary/VectorOperations.h)
 
 set(hipo_orderings_sources
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/error.c
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/mcore.c
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/memory.c
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/random.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/auxapi.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/balance.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/bucketsort.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/coarsen.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/compress.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/contig.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/fm.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/gklib.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/graph.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/initpart.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/mcutil.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/mmd.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/ometis.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/options.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/refine.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/separator.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/sfm.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/srefine.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/util.c
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/wspace.c
     ../extern/rcm/rcm.cpp)
 
 set(hipo_orderings_headers
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_arch.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_defs.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_macros.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_mkblas.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_mkmemory.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_mkpqueue.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_mkrandom.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_mksort.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_ms_inttypes.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_ms_stat.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_ms_stdint.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_proto.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_struct.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/gk_types.h
-    ../extern/metis/GKlib/GKlib.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/defs.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/gklib_defs.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/macros.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/metislib.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/proto.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/stdheaders.h
-    ../extern/metis/libmetis/struct.h
-    ../extern/metis/metis.h
     ../extern/rcm/rcm.h)
 
 # redefinition of 'kHighsInf'
diff --git a/highs/CMakeLists.txt b/highs/CMakeLists.txt
index 99ae0d1..f2d873b 100644
--- a/highs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/highs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ else()
 
   target_sources(highs PRIVATE ${sources} ${headers} ${win_version_file})
   target_link_libraries(highs PRIVATE amd)
+  target_link_libraries(highs PRIVATE metis)
 
   # Optional Cuda
   if (CUPDLP_GPU)
diff --git a/highs/ipm/hipo/factorhighs/Analyse.cpp b/highs/ipm/hipo/factorhighs/Analyse.cpp
index e638240..0d9b4e5 100644
--- a/highs/ipm/hipo/factorhighs/Analyse.cpp
+++ b/highs/ipm/hipo/factorhighs/Analyse.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <amd.h>
 #include "ipm/hipo/auxiliary/Auxiliary.h"
 #include "ipm/hipo/auxiliary/Log.h"
-#include "metis/metis.h"
+#include <metis.h>
 #include "rcm/rcm.h"
 
 namespace hipo {
diff --git a/highs/ipm/hipo/ipm/FactorHiGHSSolver.cpp b/highs/ipm/hipo/ipm/FactorHiGHSSolver.cpp
index 6a11446..37cca65 100644
--- a/highs/ipm/hipo/ipm/FactorHiGHSSolver.cpp
+++ b/highs/ipm/hipo/ipm/FactorHiGHSSolver.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <amd.h>
 #include "ipm/hipo/auxiliary/Auxiliary.h"
 #include "ipm/hipo/auxiliary/Log.h"
-#include "metis/metis.h"
+#include <metis.h>
 #include "parallel/HighsParallel.h"
 #include "rcm/rcm.h"
 
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Int FactorHiGHSSolver::chooseOrdering(const std::vector<Int>& rows,
     // compute ordering
     if (orderings_to_try[i] == kHipoMetisString) {
       idx_t options[METIS_NOPTIONS];
-      Highs_METIS_SetDefaultOptions(options);
+      METIS_SetDefaultOptions(options);
       options[METIS_OPTION_SEED] = kMetisSeed;
 
       // set logging of Metis depending on debug level
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Int FactorHiGHSSolver::chooseOrdering(const std::vector<Int>& rows,
       std::vector<Int> iperm(n);
 
       Int status =
-          Highs_METIS_NodeND(&n, full_ptr.data(), full_rows.data(), NULL,
+          METIS_NodeND(&n, full_ptr.data(), full_rows.data(), NULL,
                              options, permutations[i].data(), iperm.data());
 
       log_.printDevInfo("Metis done\n");
-- 
2.53.0