diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 90fe8276ea..ff1c7a84f0 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ option(onnxruntime_CROSS_COMPILING "Cross compiling onnx runtime" OFF)
 option(onnxruntime_GCOV_COVERAGE "Compile with options necessary to run code coverage" OFF)
 option(onnxruntime_DONT_VECTORIZE "Do not vectorize operations in Eigen" OFF)
 
-#It's preferred to turn it OFF when onnxruntime is dynamically linked to PROTOBUF. But Tensort always required the full version of protobuf.
-cmake_dependent_option(onnxruntime_USE_FULL_PROTOBUF "Link to libprotobuf instead of libprotobuf-lite when this option is ON" OFF "NOT onnxruntime_USE_TENSORRT" ON)
+option(onnxruntime_USE_FULL_PROTOBUF "Link to libprotobuf instead of libprotobuf-lite when this option is ON" OFF)
 option(tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH "Path to tensorflow C package installation dir")
 option(onnxruntime_ENABLE_LANGUAGE_INTEROP_OPS "Enable operator implemented in language other than cpp" OFF)
 option(onnxruntime_DEBUG_NODE_INPUTS_OUTPUTS "Dump debug information about node inputs and outputs when executing the model." OFF)
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/build.py b/tools/ci_build/build.py
index 8567d595b7..96567c8767 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/build.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/build.py
@@ -1236,9 +1236,15 @@ def generate_build_tree(
             "-Donnxruntime_USE_OPENVINO_AUTO=" + ("ON" if args.use_openvino.startswith("AUTO") else "OFF"),
         ]
 
-    # TensorRT and OpenVINO providers currently only support
-    # full_protobuf option.
-    if args.use_full_protobuf or args.use_tensorrt or args.use_openvino or args.use_vitisai or args.gen_doc:
+    # VitisAI and OpenVINO providers currently only support
+    # full_protobuf option. TensorRT provider only requires it if built with oss_parser
+    if (
+        args.use_full_protobuf
+        or (args.use_tensorrt and args.use_tensorrt_oss_parser)
+        or args.use_openvino
+        or args.use_vitisai
+        or args.gen_doc
+    ):
         cmake_args += ["-Donnxruntime_USE_FULL_PROTOBUF=ON", "-DProtobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON"]
 
     if args.use_tvm and args.llvm_path is not None: