diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b0d3a67c21c1..5d62f4896a8e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ endif()
 if(DEFINED ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX})
   message(STATUS "Dependency install directory set to: $ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}")
   list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-  # Allow installed package headers to be picked up before brew/system package
-  # headers
-  include_directories(BEFORE "$ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}/include")
 endif()
 
 list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake"
@@ -420,6 +417,10 @@ endif()
 
 set_source(fmt)
 resolve_dependency(fmt 9.0.0)
+get_target_property(fmt_INCLUDE_DIRS fmt::fmt INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+message(STATUS "FMT header path: ${fmt_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+# Prevent brew fmt headers from taking precedence.
+include_directories(BEFORE ${fmt_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 if(${VELOX_BUILD_MINIMAL_WITH_DWIO} OR ${VELOX_ENABLE_HIVE_CONNECTOR})
   # DWIO needs all sorts of stream compression libraries.