diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 86152401..3501eeaa 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -74,25 +74,8 @@ function(fetch_dependencies)
             "FLATBUFFERS_SKIP_MONSTER_EXTRA ON"
             "FLATBUFFERS_STRICT_MODE ON"
     )
-    function(GENERATE_FBS_HEADER FBS_FILE)
-        get_filename_component(FBS_FILE_NAME ${FBS_FILE} NAME)
-        get_filename_component(FBS_FILE_DIR ${FBS_FILE} DIRECTORY)
-        set(FBS_GENERATED_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FBS_FILE_NAME}_generated.h")
-        add_custom_command(
-            OUTPUT
-                ${FBS_GENERATED_HEADER}
-            COMMAND
-                flatc
-            ARGS
-                --cpp -o "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/" ${FBS_FILE}
-            DEPENDS
-                flatc
-                ${FBS_FILE}
-            COMMENT "Building C++ header for ${FBS_FILE}"
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        )
-        set(FBS_GENERATED_HEADER ${FBS_GENERATED_HEADER} PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endfunction()
+
+    set(FLATC_EXE ${flatbuffers_BINARY_DIR}/flatc PARENT_SCOPE)
 
     ###################################################################################################################
     # libuv (for process management)
diff --git a/device/CMakeLists.txt b/device/CMakeLists.txt
index 592de0e4..4b3a90b9 100644
--- a/device/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/device/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 set(POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-generate_fbs_header(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/device/simulation/tt_simulation_device.fbs)
+set(FBS_FILE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/device/simulation/tt_simulation_device.fbs)
+get_filename_component(FBS_FILE_NAME ${FBS_FILE} NAME)
+set(FBS_GENERATED_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FBS_FILE_NAME}_generated.h")
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT
+        ${FBS_GENERATED_HEADER}
+    COMMAND
+        ${FLATC_EXE}
+    ARGS
+        --cpp -o "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/" ${FBS_FILE}
+    DEPENDS
+        flatc
+    COMMENT "Generating FlatBuffers header ${FBS_GENERATED_HEADER}"
+    VERBATIM
+)
 
 add_library(device SHARED)
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}::device ALIAS device)