diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9c5e5e..4e94bb7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ endif()
 if(nanopb_BUILD_GENERATOR)
     set(generator_protos nanopb)
 
-    find_package(Python REQUIRED)
     execute_process(
         COMMAND ${Python_EXECUTABLE} -c
             "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_lib(prefix=''))"
@@ -64,10 +63,10 @@ if(nanopb_BUILD_GENERATOR)
             DESTINATION ${PYTHON_INSTDIR}/proto/
         )
     endforeach()
+    install( FILES generator/proto/_utils.py
+             DESTINATION ${PYTHON_INSTDIR}/proto/ )
 endif()
 
-install( FILES generator/proto/_utils.py
-         DESTINATION ${PYTHON_INSTDIR}/proto/ )
 
 if( WIN32 )
         install(