diff --git a/docs_src/manuals/introduction/introduction.rst b/docs_src/manuals/introduction/introduction.rst
index cf0bd8c3d..c88c66edc 100644
--- a/docs_src/manuals/introduction/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs_src/manuals/introduction/introduction.rst
@@ -142,10 +142,7 @@ lines to your CMake project
       URL https://github.com/GridTools/gridtools/archive/<release_tag>.tar.gz
   )
   FetchContent_GetProperties(GridTools)
-  if(NOT GridTools_POPULATED)
-      FetchContent_Populate(GridTools)
-      add_subdirectory(${gridtools_SOURCE_DIR} ${gridtools_BINARY_DIR})
-  endif()
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(GridTools)
 
 where *<release_tag>* is the git tag of the |GT| release, e.g. ``v2.0.0``.
 
diff --git a/tests/regression/py_bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/regression/py_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index c2187ff2d..6234be7af 100644
--- a/tests/regression/py_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/regression/py_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
     GIT_TAG        v2.10.0
 )
 
-FetchContent_GetProperties(pybind11)
-if(NOT pybind11_POPULATED)
-    FetchContent_Populate(pybind11)
-    set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
-    add_subdirectory(${pybind11_SOURCE_DIR} ${pybind11_BINARY_DIR})
-endif()
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11)
 
 pybind11_add_module(py_implementation implementation.cpp)