diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 26de3c71e4f8eede01368fa4913c2c02ced2d169..ba6f058881623355b145876c3b277e1a32fb1f95 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ set_target_properties(caosdb PROPERTIES
     CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}"
     CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE "${_CMAKE_CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE}"
     )
-#add_executable(caosdbcli src/caosdbcli.cpp)
-#set_target_properties(caosdbcli PROPERTIES
-    #CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}"
-    #CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE "${_CMAKE_CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE}"
-    #)
-#target_link_libraries(caosdbcli caosdb caosdb_info_v1alpha1 ${CONAN_LIBS})
+add_executable(caosdbcli src/caosdbcli.cpp)
+set_target_properties(caosdbcli PROPERTIES
+    CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}"
+    CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE "${_CMAKE_CXX_INCLUDE_WHAT_YOU_USE}"
+    )
+target_link_libraries(caosdbcli caosdb)
 
 if("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES "Debug")
     # supress warnings during build of gtest
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ endif()
 
 
 ## CODE GENERATION
-#option(GRPC_FETCHCONTENT "Fetch and build GRPC from the sources" OFF)
-#include(FetchGRPC)
+option(GRPC_FETCHCONTENT "Fetch and build GRPC from the sources" OFF)
+include(FetchGRPC)
 
 #
 # Protobuf/Grpc source files
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ set(hw_grpc_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/caosdb/${hw_hdrs_path}/mai
 set(hw_grpc_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/caosdb/${hw_hdrs_path}/main.grpc.pb.h")
 add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT "${hw_proto_srcs}" "${hw_proto_hdrs}" "${hw_grpc_srcs}" "${hw_grpc_hdrs}"
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_tools/protoc
+      COMMAND ${_PROTOBUF_PROTOC}
       ARGS --grpc_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include"
         --cpp_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include"
         -I "${PROTO_PATH}"
-        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_tools/grpc_cpp_plugin"
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc="${_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE}"
         "${PROTO_FILES}"
       DEPENDS "${PROTO_FILES}")
 
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ add_library(caosdb_info_v1alpha1
   ${hw_proto_srcs}
   ${hw_proto_hdrs})
 target_link_libraries(caosdb_info_v1alpha1
-  ${CONAN_LIBS})
+  ${_REFLECTION}
+  ${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+  ${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
 target_include_directories(caosdb_info_v1alpha1 PUBLIC
    # headers to include when building from source
    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${libcaosdb_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
@@ -135,8 +137,10 @@ target_include_directories(caosdb_info_v1alpha1 PUBLIC
    )
 
 target_link_libraries(caosdb
-  caosdb_info_v1alpha1
-  ${CONAN_LIBS})
+caosdb_info_v1alpha1
+${_REFLECTION}
+${_GRPC_GRPCPP}
+${_PROTOBUF_LIBPROTOBUF})
 
 
 ###############################################
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ install(
     TARGETS
         caosdb
         caosdb_info_v1alpha1
-        #${CONAN_LIBS_GRPC}
+        ${_GRPC_DEPS}
     # name of the CMake "export group" containing the targets we want to install
     EXPORT caosdbTargets
     # Dynamic, static library and include destination locations after running
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index b5d9a09828a19470c33b7220d0bb340535405e4f..9c597bcf8b3904a5bbbb868e1dba38cc758a2006 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 [requires]
 boost/1.76.0
-grpc/1.38.0
 
 [generators]
 cmake
-
-[imports]
-bin, protoc* -> ./build_tools
-bin, grpc_cpp_plugin* -> ./build_tools