diff --git a/contrib/db/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/db/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f2213b4..c558ad63 100644
--- a/contrib/db/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/db/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "iOS" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Android")
 endif()
 
 
-  message("DB ENGINE: lmdb")  
-  add_subdirectory(liblmdb)
-  if(MSVC)
-     target_compile_options(lmdb PRIVATE /wd4996 /wd4503 /wd4345 /wd4267 /wd4244 /wd4146 /wd4333 /wd4172)
-  else()
-     # Warnings as used by LMDB itself (LMDB_0.9.23)
-     target_compile_options(lmdb PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -Wbad-function-cast -Wuninitialized)
-  endif()
-  if(NOT DISABLE_MDBX)
-     message("DB ENGINE: mdbx")  
-     add_subdirectory(libmdbx)
-  endif()
+message("DB ENGINE: lmdb")  
+add_subdirectory(liblmdb)
+if(MSVC)
+   target_compile_options(lmdb PRIVATE /wd4996 /wd4503 /wd4345 /wd4267 /wd4244 /wd4146 /wd4333 /wd4172)
+else()
+   # Warnings as used by LMDB itself (LMDB_0.9.23)
+   target_compile_options(lmdb PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -Wbad-function-cast -Wuninitialized)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT DISABLE_MDBX)
+   message("DB ENGINE: mdbx")  
+   add_subdirectory(libmdbx)
+   # remove mdbx tools from the default MSVC build
+   set_target_properties(mdbx_chk mdbx_copy mdbx_dump mdbx_load mdbx_stat PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1 EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)
+endif()