Avoiding meta-data in VST3 file

I’m trying to compile a VST plugin. The vst3 file contains various meta-data. Most notably, there are full filepath names listing files on my computer. For example

C:\directory\VST_SDK\vst3sdk\vstgui4\vstgui\uidescription\detail\uijsonpersistence.cpp

And actually, all of the files are in the "VST_SDK\vst3sdk\vstgui4\vstgui" directory. Is there a setting in VS that I can use to prevent this?