diff --git a/cmake_modules/commonSetup.cmake b/cmake_modules/commonSetup.cmake
index 7b4e913afb8..cfc7cd73911 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/commonSetup.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/commonSetup.cmake
@@ -892,12 +892,7 @@ IF ("${COMMONSETUP_DONE}" STREQUAL "")
       endif(USE_AZURE)
 
       if(USE_MYSQL_REPOSITORY)
-        find_package(MYSQL)
-        if (MYSQL_FOUND)
-          add_definitions (-D_USE_MYSQL_REPOSITORY)
-        else()
-          message(FATAL_ERROR "MYSQL requested but package not found")
-        endif()
+        add_definitions (-D_USE_MYSQL_REPOSITORY)
       else()
         add_definitions (-D_NO_MYSQL_REPOSITORY)
       endif(USE_MYSQL_REPOSITORY)