diff --git a/modules/viz2d/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/viz2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 6200a785d..82e83561a 100644
--- a/modules/viz2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/viz2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,22 +3,9 @@ include("FindPkgConfig")
 
 set(the_description "Viz2D Visualization Module")
 
-find_package(nanogui CONFIG)
-find_package(glfw3 CONFIG)
-pkg_check_modules(nanovg nanovg)
-
-if(NOT glfw3_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Module opencv_viz2d disabled because GLFW3 was not found")
-  ocv_module_disable(viz2d)
-elseif(NOT GLEW_FOUND)
+if(NOT GLEW_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Module opencv_viz2d disabled because GLEW was not found")
   ocv_module_disable(viz2d)
-elseif(NOT nanovg_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Module opencv_viz2d disabled because NanoVG was not found")
-  ocv_module_disable(viz2d)
-elseif(NOT nanogui_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Module opencv_viz2d disabled because NanoGUI was not found")
-  ocv_module_disable(viz2d)
 endif()
 
 get_property(known_features GLOBAL PROPERTY CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES)
@@ -30,33 +17,8 @@ endif()
 
 #  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DVIZ2D_USE_ES3=1")
 
-find_package(Git QUIET)
-if(GIT_FOUND)
-# Update submodules as needed
-        message(STATUS "Submodule update")
-        execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} submodule update --init --recursive
-                        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-                        RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT)
-        if(NOT GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT EQUAL "0")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "git submodule update --init --recursive failed with ${GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT}, please checkout submodules")
-        endif()
-endif()
-
-if(NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third/nanovg/CMakeLists.txt" AND NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third/nanogui/CMakeLists.txt")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "The submodules were not downloaded! GIT_SUBMODULE was turned off or failed. Please update submodules and try again.")
-endif()
-
-add_subdirectory(third/nanovg)
-add_subdirectory(third/nanogui)
-
-include_directories(${glfw3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-include_directories(${nanovg_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-include_directories(${nanogui_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-link_directories(${glfw3_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 link_directories(${GLEW_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-link_directories(${nanovg_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-link_directories(${nanogui_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 ocv_add_module(viz2d opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_videoio opencv_video)
 ocv_glob_module_sources()
@@ -67,6 +29,8 @@ ocv_create_module()
 
 ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wunused-parameter)
 message(STATUS "viz2d: ${nangui_LIBRARIES}")
-#For some reasone glfw3_LIBRARIES is empty although it is found by find_package
-ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} glfw ${GLEW_LIBRARIES} ${nanovg_LIBRARIES} nanogui OpenCL)
+ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES} OpenCL)
 target_compile_features(opencv_viz2d PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
+set_target_properties(opencv_viz2d PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "viz2d")
+
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third/nanogui)
diff --git a/modules/viz2d/third/nanogui b/modules/viz2d/third/nanogui
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..2ee903c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/viz2d/third/nanogui
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2ee903c96480d4aee54542ea3c340c13cc06dc32