diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dce2e5ae..53b46644 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ manual/t*.fdb_latexmk
 manual/t*.fls
 profiler/build/win32/packages
 profiler/build/win32/Tracy.aps
-# include the vcpkg install script but not the files it produces
-vcpkg/*
-!vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
-/vcpkg_installed
 .deps/
 .dirstamp
 /_*/**
diff --git a/cmake/vendor.cmake b/cmake/vendor.cmake
index 9c565693..9442b7b1 100644
--- a/cmake/vendor.cmake
+++ b/cmake/vendor.cmake
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 
 set (ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../")
 
-if (EXISTS ${ROOT_DIR}/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static/lib/pkgconfig)
-    message(STATUS "Using vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static/lib/pkgconfig")
-    set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "${ROOT_DIR}/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static/lib/pkgconfig")
-endif()
-
 if(WIN32)
     add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)
 endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1218c585..00000000
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg/master/scripts/vcpkg.schema.json",
-    "name": "tracy",
-    "version-semver": "0.8.0",
-    "description": "C++ frame profiler",
-    "homepage": "https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy",
-    "dependencies": [
-        { "name": "capstone", "features":[ "arm", "arm64", "x86" ] },
-        "freetype",
-        "glfw3"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat b/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index d858a660..00000000
--- a/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-setlocal
-
-pushd %~dp0
-
-REM get vcpkg distribution
-if not exist vcpkg git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git || exit /b 1
-
-REM build vcpkg
-if not exist vcpkg\vcpkg.exe call vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat -disableMetrics || exit /b 2
-
-set VCPKG_ROOT=%cd%\vcpkg
-
-REM install required packages
-vcpkg\vcpkg.exe install --triplet x64-windows-static || exit /b 3
-
-popd