diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 0ca3f7a..9ce6d04 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@ cmake(
    name = "cli-cpp",
    generate_crosstool_file = False,
 
-   # Qpid Cpp has absolute paths in QpidConfig.cmake, can't use that
-   #  Let's disable sandbox instead, and we'd need to fix in Qpid Cpp
-   #env = {
-   #    "LDFLAGS": "-L$$EXT_BUILD_DEPS/qpid-cpp/lib64"
-   #},
-   tags = ["no-sandbox"],
-
    cache_entries = {
        "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER": "g++",
 
diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index d3577af..b5b97cb 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ Get more output with `--verbose_failures` flag.
 
 Disable sandbox with `--spawn_strategy=standalone` flag, use values of `processwrapper-sandbox`, `linux-sandbox`, ...
 
+Run `bazel sync` to redownload external dependencies (we reference `main` branches in `WORKSPACE`).
+
+##### Overriding repos
+Replace qpid-cpp external repo with (modified) local checkout `--override_repository=qpid-cpp=/home/jdanek/repos/qpid/qpid-cpp`.
+
+In the directory, create empty `WORKSPACE` file and a `BUILD.bazel` file containing the following `filegroup` def
+
+```python
+filegroup(name = "all", srcs = glob(["**/*"]), visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+```
+
+See <https://bazel.build/docs/external#overriding-repositories> for additional discussion.
+
 ### CMake build
 
 If you want to use the dependencies built by Bazel in your CMake build, do this.