diff --git a/third_party/datetime.cmake b/third_party/datetime.cmake
index 3a02713b..f96aa06c 100644
--- a/third_party/datetime.cmake
+++ b/third_party/datetime.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ FetchContent_Declare(date_src
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date.git
         GIT_TAG v3.0.1
         )
-#if(NOT ${date_src_POPULATED})
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(date_src)
-#endif()
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(date_src)