--- contrib/modules/face/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-07-18 08:24:18 UTC
+++ contrib/modules/face/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,18 +10,11 @@ ocv_define_module(face opencv_core
 
 set(__commit_hash "8afa57abc8229d611c4937165d20e2a2d9fc5a12")
 set(__file_hash "7505c44ca4eb54b4ab1e4777cb96ac05")
-ocv_download(
-    FILENAME face_landmark_model.dat
-    HASH ${__file_hash}
-    URL
-      "${OPENCV_FACE_ALIGNMENT_URL}"
-      "$ENV{OPENCV_FACE_ALIGNMENT_URL}"
-      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty/${__commit_hash}/"
-    DESTINATION_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OPENCV_TEST_DATA_INSTALL_PATH}/cv/face/"
-    ID "data"
-    RELATIVE_URL
-    STATUS res
-)
-if(NOT res)
-  message(WARNING "Face: Can't get model file for face alignment.")
+set(file_id face_landmark_model.dat)
+set(FILENAME ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OPENCV_TEST_DATA_INSTALL_PATH}/cv/face/${file_id})
+if(EXISTS ${FILENAME})
+    message("++ Face: Using prefetched ${file_id}")
+else()
+    message(WARNING "++ Face: Could not find ${file_id} in ${FILENAME}")
+    message(WARNING "Face: Can't get model file for face alignment.")
 endif()
