diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9723de9176..ae5704cfe4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ if(NOT PREFER_LUA)
   find_program(LUA_PRG NAMES luajit)
 endif()
 find_program(LUA_PRG NAMES lua5.1 lua5.2 lua)
+mark_as_advanced(LUA_PRG)
 if(NOT LUA_PRG)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find a Lua 5.1-compatible interpreter")
 endif()
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ message(STATUS "Using Lua interpreter: ${LUA_PRG}")
 if(NOT LUA_GEN_PRG)
   set(LUA_GEN_PRG "${LUA_PRG}" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to the lua used for code generation.")
 endif()
+mark_as_advanced(LUA_GEN_PRG)
 message(STATUS "Using Lua interpreter for code generation: ${LUA_GEN_PRG}")
 
 option(COMPILE_LUA "Pre-compile Lua sources into bytecode (for sources that are included in the binary)" ON)
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ if(COMPILE_LUA AND NOT WIN32)
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
+mark_as_advanced(LUAC_PRG)
 if(LUAC_PRG)
   message(STATUS "Using Lua compiler: ${LUAC_PRG}")
 endif()
@@ -229,7 +232,9 @@ if(CI_LINT)
   set(LINT_REQUIRED "REQUIRED")
 endif()
 find_program(SHELLCHECK_PRG shellcheck ${LINT_REQUIRED})
+mark_as_advanced(SHELLCHECK_PRG)
 find_program(STYLUA_PRG stylua ${LINT_REQUIRED})
+mark_as_advanced(STYLUA_PRG)
 
 set(STYLUA_DIRS runtime scripts src test contrib)
 
diff --git a/cmake/Deps.cmake b/cmake/Deps.cmake
index 519826654f..5902ca6970 100644
--- a/cmake/Deps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Deps.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif()
 
 find_program(CACHE_PRG NAMES ccache sccache)
+mark_as_advanced(CACHE_PRG)
 if(CACHE_PRG)
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env CCACHE_SLOPPINESS=pch_defines,time_macros ${CACHE_PRG})
   list(APPEND DEPS_CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER:STRING=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER})
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ endif()
 # MAKE_PRG
 if(UNIX)
   find_program(MAKE_PRG NAMES gmake make)
+  mark_as_advanced(MAKE_PRG)
   if(NOT MAKE_PRG)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "GNU Make is required to build the dependencies.")
   else()
diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index cffdcf0415..cce8ab5b25 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ target_link_libraries(libnvim PRIVATE main_lib PUBLIC libuv)
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 find_program(CLANG_TIDY_PRG clang-tidy)
+mark_as_advanced(CLANG_TIDY_PRG)
 set(EXCLUDE_CLANG_TIDY typval_encode.c.h ui_events.in.h)
 if(WIN32)
   list(APPEND EXCLUDE_CLANG_TIDY