diff --git a/SetupConfigure.cmake b/SetupConfigure.cmake
index 031ba232bd164..91d42f4eb42b0 100644
--- a/SetupConfigure.cmake
+++ b/SetupConfigure.cmake
@@ -370,14 +370,6 @@ if (MUSE_MODULE_NETWORK_WEBSOCKET)
     set(QT_ADD_WEBSOCKET ON)
 endif()
 
-if (MUE_BUILD_IMPEXP_MNX_MODULE)
-    find_program(XXD_PROGRAM xxd QUIET)
-    if (NOT XXD_PROGRAM)
-        message(WARNING "xxd not found, disabling MNX import/export module")
-        set(MUE_BUILD_IMPEXP_MNX_MODULE OFF)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 ###########################################
 # Unit tests
 ###########################################
diff --git a/src/importexport/mnx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/importexport/mnx/CMakeLists.txt
index b287d2a046d92..0a89e59a400a2 100644
--- a/src/importexport/mnx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/importexport/mnx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else()
     FetchContent_Declare(
         mnxdom
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/rpatters1/mnxdom.git
-        GIT_TAG        e7c947bf768caccf315426dcae0dfac02caf738b
+        GIT_TAG        488aa8757ec602c20ff8cf599a2c6857339d8e93
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(mnxdom)
     set(MNXDOM_LIB mnxdom)