diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e3fbe4b4c5159ff9d081b8a4e41e46f477cebb2..f4d05b481afef6ed2cbd82f3ca718b2507d7eec3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,16 +200,8 @@ if(ENABLE_DOCS)
 	find_package(Doxygen)
 endif()
 
-# if(ENABLE_LOG)
-	if(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARY)
-		set(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARY})
-		set(LOG4CXX_FOUND 1)
-		message(STATUS "Using log4cxx: ${CPPUNIT_INCLUDE_DIR} ${LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-	else()
-		set(log4cxx_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
-		find_package(log4cxx)
-	endif()
-# endif()
+set(log4cxx_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
+find_package(log4cxx)
 
 # FIND CPPUNIT
 if(ENABLE_TESTS)
diff --git a/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake b/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
index 4b6772434f49cd098fd7bf4b30e010c9a3b2acb6..0b68a76f936d2df443adc919a8b73b8603ff7eef 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES - liblog4cxx library
 
 FIND_PATH(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR log4cxx/logger.h PATHS /include /usr/include /usr/local/include )
-FIND_LIBRARY(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES NAMES log4cxx log4cxxd PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+FIND_LIBRARY(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES NAMES log4cxx log4cxxd PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib )
 
 IF(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)
   SET(LOG4CXX_FOUND 1)