diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 176af040ba..9f1174bd24 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -686,11 +686,6 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_DML)
   include(dml)
 endif()
 
-# allow the caller to tell us where the nuget packages are going
-if ("${REPO_PACKAGE_LOCATION}" STREQUAL "")
-    set(REPO_PACKAGE_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/packages)
-endif()
-
 #names in this var must match the directory names under onnxruntime/core/providers
 set(ONNXRUNTIME_PROVIDER_NAMES cpu)
 
diff --git a/cmake/external/dml.cmake b/cmake/external/dml.cmake
index 99e4fa0404..41de28fdd2 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dml.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dml.cmake
@@ -35,5 +35,4 @@ if (NOT onnxruntime_USE_CUSTOM_DIRECTML)
   list(APPEND onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES RESTORE_PACKAGES)
 else()
   include_directories(${dml_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  link_directories(${dml_LIB_DIR})
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
index fb03b444bf..0988dc0def 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_DML)
   add_dependencies(onnxruntime_providers_dml ${onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES})
   target_include_directories(onnxruntime_providers_dml PRIVATE ${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT} ${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT}/../cmake/external/wil/include)
   
-  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_providers_dml ${REPO_PACKAGE_LOCATION}/DirectML.0.0.1/build/DirectML.targets)
+  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_providers_dml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/packages/DirectML.0.0.1/build/DirectML.targets)
   target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_providers_dml d3d12.lib dxgi.lib)
   list(APPEND ONNXRUNTIME_LINKER_FLAGS "/DELAYLOAD:DirectML.dll /DELAYLOAD:d3d12.dll /DELAYLOAD:dxgi.dll")
 
diff --git a/cmake/winml.cmake b/cmake/winml.cmake
index 3a33b0f281..8112392705 100644
--- a/cmake/winml.cmake
+++ b/cmake/winml.cmake
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ add_dependencies(winml_adapter winml_api_native_internal)
 # Link libraries
 target_link_libraries(winml_adapter PRIVATE wil)
 if (onnxruntime_USE_DML)
-  target_link_libraries(winml_adapter PRIVATE ${REPO_PACKAGE_LOCATION}/DirectML.0.0.1/build/DirectML.targets)
+  target_link_libraries(winml_adapter PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/packages/DirectML.0.0.1/build/DirectML.targets)
 endif(onnxruntime_USE_DML)
 
 # add it to the onnxruntime shared library
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ set_target_properties(winml_lib_api
   ${target_folder})
 
 # Add deps
+add_dependencies(winml_lib_api onnx)
 add_dependencies(winml_lib_api winml_sdk_cppwinrt)
 add_dependencies(winml_lib_api winml_api)
 add_dependencies(winml_lib_api winml_api_native)