diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/dense_hash_map b/deps/sparsehash/dense_hash_map
similarity index 98%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/dense_hash_map
rename to deps/sparsehash/dense_hash_map
index 3ef826a8c..05fd580e6 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/dense_hash_map
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/dense_hash_map
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
 #ifndef _DENSE_HASH_MAP_H_
 #define _DENSE_HASH_MAP_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 #include <algorithm>                        // needed by stl_alloc
 #include <functional>                       // for equal_to<>, select1st<>, etc
 #include <memory>                           // for alloc
 #include <utility>                          // for pair<>
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h>        // IWYU pragma: export
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h>        // IWYU pragma: export
+#include <sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h>
 #include HASH_FUN_H                 // for hash<>
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
 
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h b/deps/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h
similarity index 99%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h
index c0a2fedca..5ac7fdc8e 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/internal/densehashtable.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 #ifndef _DENSEHASHTABLE_H_
 #define _DENSEHASHTABLE_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>              // for FILE, fwrite, fread
 #include <algorithm>            // For swap(), eg
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
 #include <limits>               // for numeric_limits
 #include <memory>               // For uninitialized_fill
 #include <utility>              // for pair
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h>
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h>
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/type_traits.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h>
+#include <sparsehash/type_traits.h>
 #include <stdexcept>                 // For length_error
 
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h b/deps/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h
similarity index 99%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h
index fa403e6aa..cbb4ec2fd 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/internal/hashtable-common.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_GTL_HASHTABLE_COMMON_H_
 #define UTIL_GTL_HASHTABLE_COMMON_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stddef.h>                  // for size_t
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h b/deps/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h
similarity index 98%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h
index 3689701b9..0c1e03d75 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/internal/libc_allocator_with_realloc.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_GTL_LIBC_ALLOCATOR_WITH_REALLOC_H_
 #define UTIL_GTL_LIBC_ALLOCATOR_WITH_REALLOC_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>           // for malloc/realloc/free
 #include <stddef.h>           // for ptrdiff_t
 #include <new>                // for placement new
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h b/deps/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h
similarity index 100%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/template_util.h b/deps/sparsehash/template_util.h
similarity index 98%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/template_util.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/template_util.h
index d6f7fa64e..6fec3d092 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/template_util.h
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/template_util.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #ifndef BASE_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
 #define BASE_TEMPLATE_UTIL_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
 
 // Types small_ and big_ are guaranteed such that sizeof(small_) <
diff --git a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/type_traits.h b/deps/sparsehash/type_traits.h
similarity index 99%
rename from deps/mapnik/sparsehash/type_traits.h
rename to deps/sparsehash/type_traits.h
index c11904c82..f909cf9a3 100644
--- a/deps/mapnik/sparsehash/type_traits.h
+++ b/deps/sparsehash/type_traits.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 #ifndef BASE_TYPE_TRAITS_H_
 #define BASE_TYPE_TRAITS_H_
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
+#include <sparsehash/internal/sparseconfig.h>
 #include <utility>                  // For pair
 
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/template_util.h>     // For true_type and false_type
+#include <sparsehash/template_util.h>     // For true_type and false_type
 
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
 
diff --git a/include/build.py b/include/build.py
index fab900426..b297911d0 100644
--- a/include/build.py
+++ b/include/build.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ subdirglobs = [
     ('json',                 'mapnik/json/*.hpp'),
     ('markers_placements',   'mapnik/markers_placements/*.hpp'),
     ('renderer_common',      'mapnik/renderer_common/*.hpp'),
-    ('sparsehash',           '../deps/mapnik/sparsehash/*'),
-    ('sparsehash/internal',  '../deps/mapnik/sparsehash/internal/*'),
+    ('sparsehash',           '../deps/sparsehash/*'),
+    ('sparsehash/internal',  '../deps/sparsehash/internal/*'),
     ('svg',                  'mapnik/svg/*.hpp'),
     ('text',                 'mapnik/text/*.hpp'),
     ('text/formatting',      'mapnik/text/formatting/*.hpp'),
diff --git a/include/mapnik/palette.hpp b/include/mapnik/palette.hpp
index bf7a19ec7..1229b6db5 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/palette.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/palette.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #include <mapnik/warning_ignore.hpp>
 #ifdef USE_DENSE_HASH_MAP
-#include <mapnik/sparsehash/dense_hash_map>
+#include <sparsehash/dense_hash_map>
 using rgba_hash_table = google::dense_hash_map<unsigned int, unsigned char>;
 #else
 #include <unordered_map>