diff --git a/matlab/CMakeLists.txt b/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
index 47d2acd613f8b..214adaab19165 100644
--- a/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,17 +126,14 @@ else()
   set(MATLAB_BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 endif()
 
+set(MATLAB_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "R2023b=23.2")
+set(Matlab_ROOT_DIR "C:/Program Files/MATLAB/R2023b")
+
 find_package(Arrow QUIET)
 if(NOT Arrow_FOUND)
   build_arrow()
 endif()
 
-# MATLAB is Required
-find_package(Matlab REQUIRED COMPONENTS MAIN_PROGRAM)
-
-message(STATUS "Mex Library: ${Matlab_MEX_LIBRARY}")
-message(STATUS "Mex Include Folder: ${Matlab_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-
 # ARROW_SHARED_LIB
 # On Windows, this will be ARROW_HOME/bin/arrow.dll and on Linux and macOS, it is the arrow.so/dylib in the newly built arrow_shared library.
 if(NOT Arrow_FOUND)
diff --git a/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake b/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
index 42f7788bcf2ce..cb746e08b1f8e 100644
--- a/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
+++ b/matlab/tools/cmake/BuildMatlabArrowInterface.cmake
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 # Configure libmexclass FetchContent
 # ----------------------------------
 
-set(MATLAB_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "R2023b=23.2")
-set(Matlab_ROOT_DIR "C:/Program Files/MATLAB/R2023b")
-
 set(MATLAB_ARROW_LIBMEXCLASS_CLIENT_FETCH_CONTENT_NAME libmexclass)
 # TODO: Consider using SSH URL for the Git Repository when
 # libmexclass is accessible for CI without permission issues.