diff --git a/_cmake/externals/FindOrt.cmake b/_cmake/externals/FindOrt.cmake
index 4da06c38..fd39ca29 100644
--- a/_cmake/externals/FindOrt.cmake
+++ b/_cmake/externals/FindOrt.cmake
@@ -133,19 +133,19 @@ function(ort_add_dependency name folder_copy)
   foreach(file_i ${ORT_LIB_FILES})
     message(STATUS "ort: copy ${file_i} to '${destination_dir}'")
     add_custom_command(
-      TARGET ${name} POST_BUILD
+      TARGET ${name} PRE_BUILD
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS -E copy ${file_i} ${destination_dir})
     if(folder_copy)
       message(STATUS "ort: copy '${file_i}' to '${ROOT_PROJECT_PATH}/${folder_copy}'")
       add_custom_command(
-        TARGET ${name} POST_BUILD
+        TARGET ${name} PRE_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS -E copy "${file_i}" "${ROOT_PROJECT_PATH}/${folder_copy}")
       message(STATUS "ort: copy '${file_i}' to '${SETUP_BUILD_LIB}/${folder_copy}'")
       add_custom_command(
-        TARGET ${name} POST_BUILD
+        TARGET ${name} PRE_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS -E make_directory "${SETUP_BUILD_LIB}/${folder_copy}")
       add_custom_command(
-        TARGET ${name} POST_BUILD
+        TARGET ${name} PRE_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS -E copy "${file_i}" "${SETUP_BUILD_LIB}/${folder_copy}")
     endif()
   endforeach()
diff --git a/_cmake/targets/ortinf.cmake b/_cmake/targets/ortinf.cmake
index 28cbf4c0..4365ff51 100644
--- a/_cmake/targets/ortinf.cmake
+++ b/_cmake/targets/ortinf.cmake
@@ -11,12 +11,23 @@ target_include_directories(
   ${ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH})
 target_link_libraries(lib_ortapi PRIVATE common)
 
+set(ORTAPI_INCLUDE_DIR "${ROOT_PROJECT_PATH}/onnx_extended/ortcy/wrap")
+
 cython_add_module(
   ortinf
   ../onnx_extended/ortcy/wrap/ortinf.pyx
   OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
-target_link_directories(ortinf PRIVATE ${ONNXRUNTIME_LIB_DIR})
-message(STATUS "    LINK ortinf <- lib_ortapi onnxruntime")
+
+message(STATUS "    LINK ortinf <- lib_ortapi onnxruntime ${ORTAPI_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+
+ort_add_dependency(
+  ortinf
+  onnx_extended/ortcy/wrap)
+
+# If ONNXRUNTIME_LIB_DIR is used, then it seems a local installation does
+# does not the binaries anymore if they are removed.
+target_link_directories(ortinf PRIVATE ${ORTAPI_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 target_link_libraries(
   ortinf
   PRIVATE
@@ -24,11 +35,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
   onnxruntime
   common_kernels)
 target_include_directories(ortinf PRIVATE ${ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH})
-ort_add_dependency(
-  ortinf
-  onnx_extended/ortcy/wrap)
-
-set(ORTAPI_INCLUDE_DIR "${ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH}/onnx_extended/ortcy/wrap")
 
 add_executable(test_ortcy_inference_cpp ../_unittests/ut_ortcy/test_inference.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(test_ortcy_inference_cpp PRIVATE PYTHON_MANYLINUX=${PYTHON_MANYLINUX})