diff --git a/CMakeFilters.cmake b/CMakeFilters.cmake
index 55dbd7ccc7b..cccf80b916a 100644
--- a/CMakeFilters.cmake
+++ b/CMakeFilters.cmake
@@ -133,14 +133,9 @@ if (HDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT)
   if (NOT SZIP_USE_EXTERNAL)
     set(libaec_USE_STATIC_LIBS ${HDF5_USE_LIBAEC_STATIC})
     set(SZIP_FOUND FALSE)
-    find_package (libaec 1.0.5 CONFIG)
-    if (SZIP_FOUND)
-      set (LINK_COMP_LIBS ${LINK_COMP_LIBS} ${H5_SZIP_LIBRARIES})
-    else ()
-      find_package (SZIP NAMES ${LIBAEC_PACKAGE_NAME}${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT} COMPONENTS static shared)
-      if (NOT SZIP_FOUND)
-        find_package (SZIP) # Legacy find
-      endif ()
+    find_package (SZIP NAMES ${LIBAEC_PACKAGE_NAME}${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT} COMPONENTS static shared)
+    if (NOT SZIP_FOUND)
+      find_package (SZIP) # Legacy find
     endif ()
     set(H5_SZIP_FOUND ${SZIP_FOUND})
     if (H5_SZIP_FOUND)