diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec59679c1d4ae9309cd306bf00955098f7edea33..c01c3072cb14fe9d38477578ad1c37218e79b2b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ endif()
 find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options date_time system filesystem regex  signals REQUIRED)
 message( STATUS "Found Boost: ${Boost_LIBRARIES}, ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
-if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 set(Protobuf_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
-else()
-set(PROTOBUF_FOUND TRUE)
-endif()
 
 set(Communi_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 find_package(Communi)