diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(7Z).cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(7Z).cmake
index 54646a9751..da42b7f3e6 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(7Z).cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(7Z).cmake
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-set(program_name 7z)
-if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-    set(tool_subdirectory "24.09")
-    set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/7z/${tool_subdirectory}/7z2409/SourceDir/Files/7-Zip")
-    set(download_urls "https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/download/24.09/7z2409.exe")
-    set(download_filename "7z2409.7z.exe")
-    set(search_names "7z.exe")
-    set(download_sha512 a39a84b13b383ac5fca20eb6d92ec6b8bc85f1b6a545c441efdbe054d8d12c9ebe97d366235bdf1383bbdb2a9666d18d0145b10b6e589180502c0c2dfa26ef14)
-endif()
+z_use_vcpkg_fetch(7Z FETCH_NAME 7zip)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(GIT).cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(GIT).cmake
index fd33378287..504b8713b5 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(GIT).cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(GIT).cmake
@@ -1,15 +1 @@
-set(program_name git)
-if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-    set(base_version 2.50.1)
-    set(program_version 2.50.1)
-    set(tool_subdirectory "git-${program_version}-1-windows")
-    set(download_urls "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v${base_version}.windows.1/PortableGit-${program_version}-32-bit.7z.exe")
-    set(download_filename "PortableGit-${program_version}-32-bit.7z.exe")
-    set(download_sha512 42ed5df38c8cc9a07add601df166cfcb5755b11d179b11b900216dcd2a9499fec5ef74018fb000c93274f612c1c9b711adf0db8e5e642aa94567a0654d1f29b6)
-    set(paths_to_search
-        "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${tool_subdirectory}/mingw32/bin"
-        "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/git/${tool_subdirectory}/mingw32/bin")
-else()
-    set(brew_package_name "git")
-    set(apt_package_name "git")
-endif()
+z_use_vcpkg_fetch(GIT)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA).cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA).cmake
index d92c290719..73a7b54ef7 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA).cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA).cmake
@@ -1,52 +1 @@
-set(program_name ninja)
-set(program_version 1.13.2)
-set(version_command --version)
-if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-    if(DEFINED ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432})
-        set(build_arch $ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432})
-    else()
-        set(build_arch $ENV{PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE})
-    endif()
-    if(build_arch MATCHES "^(ARM|arm)64$")
-        set(download_filename "ninja-winarm64-${program_version}.zip")
-        set(tool_subdirectory "${program_version}-windows-arm64")
-        set(download_urls "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${program_version}/ninja-winarm64.zip")
-        set(download_sha512 11541733eede64fe928ad645cd6e5c06cfc2fb7d8c2225aea270a6ed91ffd17c3a13332a348af236e6732cb9f1972fca088cab186439907ca2455b79709d70f6)
-    else()
-        set(download_filename "ninja-win-${program_version}.zip")
-        set(tool_subdirectory "${program_version}-windows")
-        set(download_urls "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${program_version}/ninja-win.zip")
-        set(download_sha512 55d3d891e8fc6c8ad7f92e172125319896761e57c5125944613d9bbfa5b9374387e9fc1468ad5bcb31464f43fb1c455ea251343942595f42955dc67090aa12ee)
-    endif()
-elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
-    set(download_filename "ninja-mac-${program_version}.zip")
-    set(download_urls "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${program_version}/ninja-mac.zip")
-    set(tool_subdirectory "${program_version}-osx")
-    set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/ninja-${program_version}-osx")
-    set(download_sha512 bf71f820791bb2ef97da6e7f8376aaa1c51f3860884df1acde692d2df4c0747a2e167d843dcd5537813da2e5d14457d6ee3f48df13cdd678cea87e68fe73e9f0)
-elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-    set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${tool_subdirectory}-freebsd")
-    set(version_command "")
-elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "OpenBSD")
-    set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${tool_subdirectory}-openbsd")
-    set(version_command "")
-elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-    vcpkg_execute_in_download_mode(COMMAND "uname" "-m" OUTPUT_VARIABLE HOST_ARCH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if(HOST_ARCH MATCHES "x86_64|amd64|AMD64")
-        set(download_filename "ninja-linux-${program_version}.zip")
-        set(download_urls "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${program_version}/ninja-linux.zip")
-        set(tool_subdirectory "${program_version}-linux")
-        set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/ninja-${program_version}-linux")
-        set(download_sha512 714b900cf10b7ecb1b641c91f4ef696250c64984e5955a8088e4a538d6e8077f43e55f6da47efcedbe316c68d51a9e98feff51734eb0eac1b17aa85af5698753)
-    elseif(HOST_ARCH MATCHES "arm64|aarch64|ARM64|AARCH64")
-        set(download_filename "ninja-linux-aarch64-${program_version}.zip")
-        set(download_urls "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${program_version}/ninja-linux-aarch64.zip")
-        set(tool_subdirectory "${program_version}-linux-aarch64")
-        set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/ninja-${program_version}-linux-aarch64")
-        set(download_sha512 318714ef0f7cb81fe5aab99032d19cfec07035e784ec9a1de63825ce8bed70f9ad6c5801b84bb7130a0b7acb6d5ed960b2953b27256ff51e18dfd720840faa39)
-    else()
-        set(version_command "") # somewhat hacky way to skip version check and use system binary
-    endif()
-else()
-    set(version_command "")
-endif()
+z_use_vcpkg_fetch(NINJA)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NUGET).cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NUGET).cmake
index 0a4c17f74c..1f473fd049 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NUGET).cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NUGET).cmake
@@ -1,11 +1 @@
-set(program_name nuget)
-set(brew_package_name "nuget")
-if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-    set(download_urls "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/v7.0.1/nuget.exe")
-    set(download_filename "nuget.7.0.1.exe")
-    set(download_sha512 EF1D4AF5D0EFCEEE529DE9AEB7A2DA6E18A330B148F61B63CF367B150F68B06380A1500E2B144D1E82B1A0227399DF448C9C60C6EF10A1FA928AF4A52299D51D)
-    set(tool_subdirectory "7.0.1")
-    set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/nuget-${tool_subdirectory}-windows")
-    set(raw_executable ON)
-    set(rename_binary_to "nuget.exe")
-endif()
+z_use_vcpkg_fetch(NUGET)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index 442814ee90..b8fe4002a4 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -98,6 +98,25 @@ function(z_vcpkg_find_acquire_program_find_internal program)
     set(${program} "$CACHE{${program}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+function(z_use_vcpkg_fetch program)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 1 arg
+        ""
+        "FETCH_NAME"
+        ""
+    )
+    if(NOT arg_FETCH_NAME)
+      string(TOLOWER "${program}" arg_FETCH_NAME)
+    endif()
+    vcpkg_execute_in_download_mode(
+        COMMAND "$ENV{VCPKG_COMMAND}" fetch "${arg_FETCH_NAME}" --x-stderr-status
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${program}
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY
+    )
+    set("${program}" "${${program}}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+    set(z_uses_vcpkg_fetch ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program program)
     if(${program})
         return()
@@ -123,6 +142,9 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program program)
     set(program_information "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(${program}).cmake")
     if(program MATCHES "^[A-Z0-9]+\$" AND EXISTS "${program_information}")
         include("${program_information}")
+        if(z_uses_vcpkg_fetch)
+          return()
+        endif()
     else()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "unknown tool ${program} -- unable to acquire.")
     endif()